Notes on Contributors

Kari F. Baber, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist. She is currently on the clinical faculty at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and is an Assistant Professor at Jefferson Medical College.

Alan J. Barnett, PhD (Clinical Psychology), is member of the Faculty and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. He is Editor of The Psychoanalytic Review, and member of the Editorial Board of Psychoanalytic Inquiry. He has developed a number of special journal issues and authored articles pertinent to theory of technique. He is in private practice in Manhattan.

Aaron T. Beck, MD, is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and the founder of cognitive therapy. He has published 24 books and over 570 articles in professional and scientific journals. He has been the principle investigator for more than 25 grants from NIMH, NIA, and CDC and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. He is a senior member of the Institute of Medicine and recipient of its 2003 Sarnat International Award in Mental Health and 2007 Lienhard Award for contributions to Mental Health Services. He has also received the 2007 Lasker Clinical Medical Science Award, often regarded as “America's Nobel Prize.” He is President Emeritus of The Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Honorary President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD, is University Professor, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Neurology, and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Damasio's books include Descartes' Error, The Feeling of What Happens; and Looking for Spinoza. He has received the Honda Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, and, shared with his wife Hanna, the Pessoa, Signoret, and Cozzarelli prizes. Damasio is a fellow of the