About the Authors

Roberto Basile is a full member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, an associate member of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, a guest member of the British Psychoanalytical Association and a member of the European Editorial Board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. Dr Basile’s main research interests include the psychoanalytic field, child psychoanalysis, intersubjectivism and the work of Bion. His recent publications include articles for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

Dana Birksted-Breen is a training and supervising psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytic Society. She is the general editor of the New Library of Psychoanalysis and the joint editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. Dr Birksted-Breen has given lectures and taught internationally. She won an international prize for her paper ‘Phallus, Penis and Mental Space’ (1996, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 77, 4: 649-657). She maintains a full-time private practice in London.

Tomas Böhm is a training analyst and supervisor member of the Swedish Psychoanalytical Society and Swedish Psychoanalytical Association. He also has a private practice. His main research interests include psychoanalytic techniques, love relations, xenophobia, racism, orthodoxy, fundamentalism and revenge phenomena. Dr Böhm’s recent publications include articles for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and the Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review. Books in Swedish include (with Suzanne Kaplan) Revenge - and

Refraining from Retaliation , The Love Relation , To be Right: About Conviction, Tolerance and Fundamentalism and novels, including The Vienna Jazz Trio .

Paul Denis is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is a member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society and was on the editorial board of La Psychiatrie de L’Enfant for many years as well as the Revue Française de Psychanalyse. He has worked in the field of child psychoanalysis