List of Contributors

Martin N. Baily PhD, was formerly an Economics Professor at Maryland University, USA and more recently has been Chair of the Economics Council, US Administration in Washington, DC. He is a partner in Mackenzie Associates and currently at the Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC.

Kate Barrows is a Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society She also trained in Child Psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic. She works in private practice in Bristol and teaches, lectures and writes on a variety of psycho-analytic topics.

Paul Barrows is Principal Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist with the United Bristol Healthcare (NHS) Trust and has a particular interest in work with parents and infants, and the role of the father. He is author of a leaflet on fathers for the Child Psychotherapy Trust.

Dr Suzanne Blundell was born and educated in Basel, Switzerland, and studied Special Education and Psychology at the University of Fribourg. She then trained as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic in London. She now works in the Inpatient Unit at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool as well as in London.

Dr Abraham Brafman is a Psychoanalyst of children and adults. He worked in the NHS as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. While recognizing the significance of a person's early experiences and the value of focusing on the ‘internal world’ of the patient, he stresses the importance of taking into account the patient's conscious experience of his present life.

Dr Ronald Britton FRCPsych., is well known internationally as a psycho-analytic writer and teacher. He is a Training Analyst of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, a Vice President of the International Psychoanalytical Association, and was Chair of the Department for Children and Parents, Tavistock Clinic. He is married with three children and five grandchildren.

M. Fakhry Davids is an Associate Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and a Member of the Tavistock