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Contributors
Sonya Aleksic has been working as a psychotherapist
in private practice for 10 years. She operates a small short
term counselling and referral service for a Tottenham GP's
surgery. She has a particular interest in providing psychotherapy
to people who would not usually have means to access it. SonTel@virgin.net
Elaine
Arnold PhD trained as teacher before changing careers
to social work, specializing in Psychiatric Social Work and
Child Guidance. She practiced in both professions in Trinidad
& Tobago West Indies and in England. She researched the
project of Finding Black Families for Black Children for the
Independent Adoption Service and the London Borough of Lambeth.
She was social work Students’ Unit supervisor in the
London Borough of Wandsworth, before teaching MSW students
at Goldsmiths College London, and Sussex University for ten
years and after retiring was Director of Training in Intercultural
counseling for Nafsiyat Intercultural Centre. She researched
the sometimes traumatic effects of broken attachments, separation
and loss on mothers and on children as a result of immigration
from the West Indies to Britain, utilizing the theoretical
framework of Attachment Theory. In 1999 she founded the Separation
Reunion Forum which aims to raise awareness of and to promote
discussion on the importance of secure attachments of young
children and parents or consistent caregivers..
Roger
Booth is Associate Professor of Immunology and Health
Psychology at the University of Auckland where he is Academic
Director of the School of Medical Sciences and Deputy Director
of the Medical Programme. As well as teaching extensively
in the mind-body area, Roger is involved in psychoneuroimmunological
research into the effects of emotions, perceptions and meaning
on immune function and human health. Roger J Booth, MSc, PhD,
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Health
Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. rj.booth@auckland.ac.nz
Stephanie
Davis was born in London to Jamaican parents who
migrated to England in the 1960’s. She is a psychoanalytic
psychotherapist and a psychologist specialising in child development
and social cognition. She works as a psychotherapist in London
and Oxfordshire, and a post-doctoral researcher at the University
of London. She is also a member of the Clinical Training Committee
at the Centre for Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
Email: myCAPP_SD@hotmail.com.
Christine
Fremantle is a poet, an artist and a transpersonal
psychotherapist in private practice in London. . She has been
living in the UK since 1971. She has two grown sons, two cats
and a garden 20 Macduff Road London SW11 4DA 0207 622 4757
christine@fremantle.org
Margaret
Green works as a psychotherapist in private practice
and as a Trauma counsellor at the Trauma Centre in Woodstock,
Cape Town. She was born in South Africa and lived for over
30 years in New York and London. She trained as a psychotherapist
with the Arbours Association, has been a staff -member at
the Women's Therapy Centre, and in the 90s, taught at the
Arbours Association and at the Centre for Attachment-based
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. mgreen@mweb.co.za
Brett
Kahr is Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy
and Mental Health at the Centre for Child Mental Health in
London, and Visiting Clinician at the Tavistock Centre for
Couple Relationships at the Tavistock Institute of Medical
Psychology. He holds the Winnicott Clinic Senior Research
Fellowship in Psychotherapy, and he has served as the Consultant
in Psychology and Psychohistory to the John Bowlby Centre
and the Centre for Attachment-Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
since 1993. Suite 6, 4, Marty’s Yard, 17, Hampstead
High Street, Hampstead, London NW3 1QW
Jane Kitsen is a psychotherapist in private practice
in West Yorkshire. She has a particular interest in poetic
language and in working with people who do not speak. 84 Leeds
Road, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 1BT janekitsen@gmail.com
Donatella
Landi was born in Siena, Italy, and immigrated to
this country in the late 70s after completing her further
education in Florence. She has been for many years involved
in the Centre for Attachment–based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
management in a variety of roles and is a member of Attachment
editorial board. She is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with
a private practice in North London. Correspondence: Email
dolandi2000@yahoo.co.uk
Doron
Levene is a UKCP registered relational body psychotherapist
trained at the Chiron Centre. He is currently working in private
practice with individuals and couples in London. For several
years he has been working with individuals who are violent
in their intimate relationships as well as co-facilitating
a group at the ARICAS project helping men stop their violent
behaviour towards their partners. He spent an earlier part
of his life working as a photographer. 32a Coppetts Road London
N10 1JY T: 020 8444 2881 E-mail: doron.levene@zen.co.uk
Samir
El-Youssef was born in Rashidia, a Palestinian refugee
camp in south of Lebanon. Since 1990 he’s been living
in London. He is the author of six books of novels short stories
and essays writing in Arabic and English. His collection of
stories, Gaza Blues, co-authored with the Israeli writer Etgar
Keret received wide acclaim and is translated into several
languages. He is a regular contributor to various publications
including The Guardian, Al-Hayat, New Statesman, The Jewish
Chronicle. He is also a peace campaigner. In 2005 received
the Swedish PEN Tucholsky Award for promoting the cause of
peace and freedom of speech in the Middle East.
Irris
Singer is an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist;
with a special interest in the impact of difference and mutual
recognition. She is a co-founder member of The Counselling
Centre for Women, Israel, and involved in peace and human
rights work and education. She supervises, teaches and writes.irrisinger@btinternet.com
Joan
Woodward has worked for many years as an Attachment-based
psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She was a founder member of
Birmingham Women's Counselling and Therapy Centre. Her research
studies included The Emotional Effect of Severe Burns on Children;
Psycho-sexual Problems and Twin Loss. She set up The Lone
Twin Network and is author of 'The Lone Twin'. She is semi-retired
and mostly works as a supervisor. Correspondence: 61 Selly
Wick Dr. Birmingham B29 7JQ. E-mail johnjoanw@btopenworld.com
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