Notes on Contributors

Ana María Barroso, MD, is a psychiatrist, child psychiatrist, and a psychoanalyst. She is a teacher and consultant in the China Child Psychotherapy Programme I PI, and co-chair in the child psychotherapy programme, at the International Psychotherapy Institute.

Chen Lingxi received her BS degree in chemical engineering and technology from the China University of Mining and Technology and her MS degree in public administration from Jiangsu Normal University. She has won the “National Second Prize” of the national graduate student mathematical modelling competition, the “National Gold Award” in the “Challenge Cup” national student entrepreneurial plan competition, and the “International First Prize” as instructor of the American mathematical modelling competition. She has worked for IBM China and Jiangsu Normal University and is currently working on her PhD in philosophy at Nanjing University. Her research interests include philosophy of religion and mathematical modelling.

Du Dan is a counsellor and psychotherapist at the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. She is a play therapist and PhD candidate in child development and education at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She enlisted in the army in 1996 and is a member of the Communist Party of China. Since 2019, she has been head consulting director and full-time counsellor of Jinan Yiqian Psychological Consulting Co. Ltd.

Du Juan (杜娟) is a master's degree student in educational and developmental psychology at Sichuan Normal University where she is writing her thesis. She is also enrolled in the International Psychotherapy Institute child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy training at Jiandanxinli. ORCID: 0009 0008 9391 4616

Fan Zhiyuan is a psychological consultant with a psychodynamic orientation and previous training in systemic family therapy and ethics. He studied in the three-year Sino-German psychoanalytic therapist continuous training programme and also in