LIST OF PRESENTERS 2002-2008

Stella Acquarone (UK). Director of The School of Infant Mental Health, London. Founder of The Parent Infant Clinic, London. Child Psychotherapist at St Annes Hospital, London. Adolescent & Adult Psychotherapist. Published widely.

Dr Christopher Badcock (UK). Reader in Sociology, London School of Economics where he teaches courses on evolution, psychology and social science. Published a number of books and papers on Psycho-Darwinism - The New Synthesis of Darwin and Freud. Dr Badcock was in private didactic analysis with Anna Freud.

Robin Balbernie (UK). Consultant Child Psychotherapist with Gloucestershire NHS Trust. Worked for Gloucester Sure Start to provide an infant mental health service. Robin was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship in order to research infant-parent psychotherapy in America.

Gill Gorrell Barnes. Consultant Marital and Family Therapist (30 years experience in psychotherapy in the NHS). Consultant and Expert Witness: Child and Family Court proceedings. Specialist in the effects on children of parental separation and divorce. Author: Family Therapy in Changing Times, Working with Children and Parents through Separation and Divorce.

Camila Batmanghelidjh (UK). Psychotherapist. Founder of Kids Company offering sanctuary and therapeutic help to troubled and traumatised adolescents in inner city London, many of whom left school at age 11. Founder of The Place To Be.

Professor Jay Belsky (USA/London). Director of The Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues. Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University, London. Author of more than 200 scientific articles and chapters and the author of several books.

Julia Bird and Lynne Gerlach (UK). Co-Directors of ENABLE, a project developing positive approaches to the behaviours that interrupt learning. Team members for OFSTED inspections. Advisor and LEA Inspectors.

Dr Siobhan Blackwell (UK). Clinical Psychologist working with severely abused adolescents at Huntercombe Manor (specialist psychiatric hospital). Extensive experience of working with deeply troubled adolescents, many of whom self-harm.

Dr Mitch Blair (UK). Consultant Paediatrician. Reader in Paediatrics and Child Public Health, Imperial College, London, and Northwick Park Hospital. Director of the Mandala Centre for Child Public Health Research and Teaching.

Professor Derek Bolton. Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Director, Clinical Governance for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at Kings College, London. Co-author: Meaning and Mental Disorder.

Phyllis Booth (USA). Clinical Director of The Theraplay Institute, Chicago. Author: Theraplay: Helping Parents and Children Build Better Relationships Through Attachment-Based Play. Originally trained with John Bowlby and D. W. Winnicott.

Catherine Bonnet (France). Child Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst. Author: Childhood Interrupted by War. Extensive work in missions in Croatia, Rwanda and many other war torn countries. She has trained professionals to work with abandoned children and with child and adolescent victims of war rape.

Sir Richard Bowlby. Promoter of attachment research based on the work of his father, John Bowlby. Attachment Information Video Producer.

Dr Peter Breggin (USA). Founder of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. Author of many books and articles, including Talking Back To Ritalin, Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace The Drugs.

Dr Karl Heinz Brisch. Author: Treating Attachment Disorders: From Theory to Therapy. Head of Department of Paediatric Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital University of Munich, Lecturer and supervisor at The Psychoanalytic Institute in Stuttgart. Specialist in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry, neurology, psychoanalysis, group psychoanalysis and EMDR. Published on trauma, neuroscience, attachment-oriented psychotherapy in the treatment of attachment disorders.

Professor Kevin Browne (UK). Director of The Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, University of Birmingham. Consultant to the European Commission and World Health Organisation. He has been researching family violence and child maltreatment for over 25 years. Co-editor of Child Abuse Review and Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook. Co-author: Preventing Family Violence.

Dr Ann Cattanach (UK). Teaching Fellow, University of York. Play Therapist and Dramatherapist. Previously Course Director for the MA in Play Therapy at the University of Surrey. Years of experience in child and family psychiatry. Author: Play Therapy with Abused Children (Jessica Kingsley Publishing). Many other publications.

Dr Foster Cline. Psychiatrist and Physician. Author of eight books on parenting and dealing with difficult children and their families. Parenting with Love and Logic and Parenting Teens with Love and Logic are among the nation's best selling parenting books. Parenting seminars worldwide for more than 25 years. Honoured as outstanding Professor of the Year by University of Colorado.

Professor Ray Crozier. Professor of Psychology, The School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Author: Understanding Shyness: Psychological Perspectives. Joint Editor: The Essential Handbook of Social Anxiety for Clinicians and The International Handbook of Social Anxiety. Widely published on shyness, blushing and social anxiety.

Dr Riccardo Draghi-Lorenz (UK). Lecturer, University of Surrey Doctorate Programme in Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology. Research area: The early development of complex emotions (e.g jealousy, pride, guilt)

Dr Richard Evans (UK). Director of Studies in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge University. Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Girton College, Cambridge University.

Dr Lisa B. Fiore (USA). Assistant Professor at University of Cambridge (Massachussetts). Author: Your Anxious Child (Jossey-Bass, USA). Contributing author to several human development textbooks.

Heather Geddes (UK). Registered Educational Therapist. Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor, Caspari Foundation training in Educational Therapy. Member of CAMHS team. Research: The nature of the emotional and social factors affecting children's learning in school and the significance of early attachment experience.

Howard Glasser (USA). Executive Director of the Children's Success Foundation in Tucson, Arizona. Author: Transforming the Difficult Child, currently the top selling book in America on ADHD.

Sally Goddard Blythe (UK). Director of The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology. Author: A Teacher's Window into the Child's Mind.

Harriet Goodman (UK)
Education Director for Antidote, the National Campaign for Emotional Literacy, London.

Carry Gorney (UK). Psychotherapist. Adviser to the DoH on their health-led parenting project. Initiated a multi-agency programme for first-time vulnerable mothers and their babies within the NHS, using video and therapeutic group work.

Professor Philip Graham (UK). Emeritus Professor of Child Psychiatry at The Institute of Child Health, London. Previous positions include Chair of the National Children's Bureau. Co-author: Child Psychiatry: A Developmental Approach, So Young, So Sad, So Listen, The End of Adolescence. Editor: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families.

Gerda Hanko (UK). Education Consultant and Professional Development Tutor to schools and school services. Author: Increasing Competence Through Collaborative Problem-Solving: Using Insight into Social and Emotional Factors in Children's Learning. Numerous articles on emotional and social factors in children's learning and failure to learn. Previously Head of Education of a teacher training institution.

Professor Peter Hepper (Ireland). Head of The School of Psychology, Queens University, Belfast. Director of Foetal Behaviour Research Centre.

Professor Jonathan Hill (UK). Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester. Honorary Consultant, The Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospital, and The Tavistock Clinic, London.

Professor Jeremy Holmes (UK) . Consultant Psychiatrist/Psychotherapist, Devon NHS Partnership Trust. Chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London. Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter and Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London.

Professor David Howe (UK). Professor of Child and Family Social Work, School of Social Work and Psychosocial Sciences, University of East Anglia. Published widely on adoption, developmental attachment theory, child abuse and neglect. Founding Editor of The Journal of Child and Family Social Work. Associate Editor of The Journal of Attachment and Human Development.

Dr Dan Hughes (USA). Clinical Psychologist. Author: Building the Bonds of Attachment - Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children (Jason Aronson). Decades of ground-breaking and profoundly moving clinical practice with very traumatised adolescents who have moved into violence.

Dr Jean Illsley Clarke (USA). Psychotherapist. Author: Self Esteem: A Family Affair and Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children.

Sue Jenner (UK). Child Clinical Psychologist. Author of The Parent-Child Game (Bloomsbury Press) which focuses on the effective management of challenging behaviour in children. Clinical Psychologist working for many years in the Child Psychiatry Department at The Maudsley Hospital, London.

Maggie Johnson (UK). Consultant Speech and Language Therapist specializing in childhood communication disorders and selective mutism. Key contributor to the Primary National Strategy for children who have special educational needs (DfES 2005). Co-Author of The Selective Mutism Resource Manual.

Dr Pall Jonsson (Finland/UK). Consultant Psychiatrist, Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital (specialist psychiatric hospital for adolescents). EMDR accredited practitioner. Co-Founder The Trauma Clinic, Harley Street, London. Extensive experience of working with young people with a history of early trauma, including severe abuse.

Judith Jones (UK). Honorary Fellow at the Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit, London Metropolitan University. Extensive work with female prisoners and women and children who have experienced violence. Co-author: And all the Children Cried, a London play about women who kill their children.

Dr Dorothy Judd (UK). Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist. Author: Give Sorrow Words. Teacher at the Tavistock Clinic. Pioneering work in the treatment of dying children and their families.

Brett Kahr (UK). Senior Research Fellow in Psychotherapy at The Winnicott Clinic, London. Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Psychotherapy and Mental Health, The Centre for Child Mental Health, London. Author of many books in psychotherapy. Editor: The Legacy of Winnicott: Essays on Infant and Child Mental Health (Karnac Books). Director of The British Institute of Psychohistory on Psychoanalysis and Child Abuse.

Dr Robert Karen (USA). Associate Clinical Professor at the Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, New York. Author: Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love.

Dr Sharon Klayman Farber (USA). Author: When the Body Is the Target: Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments. Founder of both Mothertalk (a developmentally focused group guidance series for parents) and Westchester Eating Disorders Consultation Services.

Dr Tami Kramer (UK). Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Senior Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College, London.

Katherine Ketcham (USA). Youth and Family Advocate, working with drug-involved youth and their parents, Washington Juvenile Justice Centre. Co-author of seven books on alcoholism and addiction including Teens Under the Influence: The Truth about Kids, Alcohol, and Other Drugs - How to Recognise the Problem and What to Do about It.

Dr Bessel van der Kolk (USA), World Expert on Post-Traumatic Stress. Published more than 100 scientific articles. Author: Psychological Trauma and Co-editor: Traumatic Stress, the Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body and Society.

Randall Ladnier (USA). Social worker and psychotherapist, working with countless ADHD children and their families. Randall provides clinical oversight for the Sarasota County Mental Health Court. Co-author: ADHD: Attachment Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (in Handbook of Attachment Interventions, edited by Terry Levy).

Professor Mooli Lahad (Israel). Medical and Educational Psychologist, Professor of Drama Therapy at Tel Hai College, Israel and at University of Surrey (UK). Author and co-author of many books and articles on trauma in children. Recipient of three professional Prizes: The Israeli Psychology Association - outstanding contributions to Education in Israel; The Adler Institute, Tel Aviv University; The Israeli Lottery Prize for innovations in medicine.

Professor Bryan Lask (UK). Professor Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at St Georges University of London. Medical Advisor to the Huntercombe Hospitals UK. Visiting Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. Co-founder of the first early onset eating disorder service in the UK. Written and published extensively.

Dr Terry Levy (USA) Clinical Psychologist. Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association. Co-author: Attachment, Trauma & Healing (Child Welfare League of America). Editor: Handbook of Attachment Interventions (Academic Press). Co-director: the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center and the Attachment Treatment and Training Institute in Evergreen, Colorado.

Dr Meira Likierman (UK). Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Child and Family Department, The Tavistock Clinic. Fellow, European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Jeanne Magagna (UK). Head, Department of Child Psychotherapy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London. Her publications include works on eating disorders and parents' groups. Joint Editor: Crises in Adolescence.

Suzanne Maiello (Italy). Child Psychotherapist. Past President of the Italian Association of Psychoanalytic Child Psychotherapy. Published in many European journals of child psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Recipient of the first edition of the International Frances Tustin Memorial Prize.

Alice Massanari (USA). Facilitator of multiple parenting programmes, including The Nurturing Programme, Active Parenting, and Children Coping with Divorce. Co-author: ADHD: Attachment Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (in Handbook of Attachment Interventions, edited by Terry Levy). Co-author: Raising Special Kids Curriculum, a programme for parents of children with special health care needs or disabilities. Co-author of a handbook for a sexual abuse treatment programme.

Dr Henry Massie (USA). Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of California, School of Medicine, San-Francisco. Formerly Director of Child Psychiatry Residency Training at St Mary's Hospital, San Francisco. Author: Childhood Psychosis and the First Four Years of Life, and Lives Across Time: Pathways to Emotional Health and Emotional Illness in a Longitudinal Study of 76 People from Birth to Age 30.

Brian Masters (UK). Eminent Author/Researcher on serial killing. Prize-winning book on the multiple murderer Dennis Nilsen, Killing for Company. Other books include Gary, about a troubled adolescent, and The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer. Contributor to The Spectator, The Standard and Book & Bookmen.

Caroline McGee (UK). Author: Childhood Experiences of Domestic Violence. Research Officer with the NSPCC Child Protection Research Group. Main research interests: violence against women and children, and surviving trauma.

Donald McKnew (USA). Psychotherapist. Author: Why Isn't Johnny Crying? and Growing Up Sad (W.W. Norton & Co). Winner of the Blanche F. Ittleson Prize of the American Psychiatric Association. Research at the National Institute of Mental Health. They were the first to describe childhood depression as a separate illness.

Will McMahon (UK). Co-ordinator for The Forum on Children and Violence hosted by The National Children's Bureau, London. Previously worked for The Child Poverty Action Group.

Dr Phil Mollon (UK). Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist. Author: Remembering Trauma: A Psychotherapist's Guide to Memory and Illusion; Multiple Selves, Multiple Voices: Working with Trauma, Violation, and Dislocation; Freud and False Memory Syndrome; Shame and Jealousy: The Hidden Turmoils and The Fragile Self: Structure of Narcissistic Disturbance.

Julian Morrell (UK). Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Health Service Research Fellow at The Winnicott Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Reading.

Professor Juliet Mitchell (UK). Professor of Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies in the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge. Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Full member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the International Psychoanalytical Association. Author: Siblings: Sex and Violence.

Professor Lynne Murray (UK). Professor, The Winnicott Research Unit, Dept of Child Psychology University of Reading. Research areas: The impact of maternal depression in children. Author: The Social Body.

Professor Declan Murphy (UK). Professor of Psychiatry and Brain Maturation, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.

Romana Negri (Italy). Child Neuropsychiatrist. Professor in Neonatology, University of Milan. Consultant in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Caravaggio Hospital.

Professor Haim Omer (Israel). Professor of Psychology, Tel Aviv University (Israel). Author: Non-violent resistance; A new approach to violent and self-destructive children; The Psychology of Demonization: Promoting Acceptance and Reducing Conflict.

Dr Nicholas Pace (USA). Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University's School of Medicine. Past Chair, New York State Governor's Advisory Committee on Alcoholism. Founding Director of the American Council on Drug Education. Fellow in the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Past advisor to President Gerald Ford's White House physician. Assisted First Lady Nancy Reagan with the Chemical People Project.

Professor Jaak Panksepp (USA). Distinguished Research Professor of Psychobiology at Bowling Green State University and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. Author: Affective Neuroscience, and a great many articles.

James Park (UK). Psychotherapist. Founder of Antidote, an emotional literacy organization. Member of the DfES Social and Emotional Competence Practitioners Group.

Dr Bruce Perry (USA). Internationally recognized authority on children in crisis. Medical Director in Children's Mental Health for the Alberta Mental Health Board. He is the Senior Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy, a Houston-based organisation dedicated to research and education on child maltreatment. Dr Perry has been consulted on many high-profile incidents involving traumatised children, including the Columbine, Colorado school shootings, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Branch Davidian Siege. Author: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog.

Dr Ximena Poblete (Italy) . Consultant paediatrician. Specialism: child protection and emotional health. Leading member of the HOPES Project, based in schools, which aims to help children and young people become more resilient in the face of adversity and stress

Maria Pozzi (Italy/UK). Child and Adult Psychotherapist with particular experience in working with children with Asperger s Syndrome and ADHD. Teacher at the Tavistock Clinic, The British Association of Psychotherapy and The London Centre for Psychotherapy. Author: Ritalin for Whom?

Professor Joan Raphael-Leff (UK). Professor in Psychoanalysis, University of Essex. Specialises in treating people with reproductive and parenting issues. 50 publications in this field including Pregnancy: The Inside Story. Editor: Spilt Milk  Perinatal Loss, Breakdown and Bereavement.

Dr Vasudevi Reddy (UK). Developmental Psychologist, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth. Research area: The development of communication and social understanding in typical and atypical development.

Susan Reid (UK). Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Child and Family Department, The Tavistock Clinic. Co-Founder Tavistock Autism Workshop. Co-editor: Autism and Personality. Editor: Developments in Infant Observation: The Tavistock Model. Author: Understanding Your 2 Year Old Child.

Adah Sachs (UK). Psychotherapist and member of the Centre for Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Consultant Psychotherapist at Clinic for Dissociative Studies, London. Extensive experience of working with deeply troubled adolescents, many of whom self-harm.

Lolita Sapriel (USA). Psychotherapist, Santa Monica, California. Past President of the Gestalt Institute of Los Angeles. Publications in British Gestalt Journal and The Bridge (Dialogues Across Cultures).

Allan Schore (USA). Neuropsychoanalyst. University of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine. Julia Segal (UK) Research Counsellor for over ten years. Author of Phantasy in Everyday Life. Co-author of Helping Children with Ill or Disabled Parents - A Guide for Parents and Professionals.

Matthew Selekman (USA). Family therapist and Co-Director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions, an international family therapy training and consulting firm in Evaston, Illinois. Received the Walter S. Rosenberry Award for several years from The Childrens Hospital in Denver (Colorado) for significant contributions to psychiatry and the behavioural sciences. Author of numerous family therapy articles and four professional books, including: Working with Self-Harming Adolescents: A Collaborative, Strengths-Based Therapy Approach; Pathways to Change: Brief Therapy with Difficult Adolescents.

Dr Paul Sepping (UK). Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Trained at the Great Ormond Street Group of Hospitals. Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for over 20 years. Psychotherapist with Dorset Health Care NHS Trust. Group Analyst. PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies. Author of several books and journal articles. Past internal advisor on Child and Family Mental Health for the Department of Health (1990-91).

Dr Peter Shoenberg (UK). Lead Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy at the Camden Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Services. Senior member of the British Association of Psychotherapists. Author of Psychosomatics: The Uses of Psychopathology. Published many journal articles and chapters on psychotherapy in psychosomatic medicine.

Valerie Sinason (UK). Director and Psychoanalyst at The Clinic for Dissociative Studies, London. Author: Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity: Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder, and Memory in Dispute.

Jan Stimpson (UK). Co-author: Raising Happy Children and Sibling Rivalry. Leading parenting adviser and facilitator for the charity Parentline Plus. Runs courses and workshops in family and community centres and schools.

Dr Keith Sullivan (New Zealand). Educational Psychologist. Previously Charter Fellow in Human Rights at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. Author: The Anti-Bullying Handbook (OUP, Australia). Co-author: Anti-Bullying in Secondary Schools (Sage, in print).

Dr Martin Teicher (USA). Director, The Developmental Biopsychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital, USA. Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Developmental Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Mailman Research Center, USA. Chaired committees for The National Institute of Health. Published over 160 articles.

Dr Leonore Terr (USA). World expert on trauma and memory. . Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California. Winner of the Blanche F. Ittleson Award for her research on childhood traumas. Author: Too Scared to Cry, and Unchained Memories.

Professor Colwyn Trevarthen. Professor (Emeritus) of Child Psychology and Psychobiology at The University of Edinburgh. Vice-President of the British Association for Early Childhood Education. Trained as a biologist, and has published on brain development, infant communication and child learning and emotional health. Currently researching 'communicative musicality' with musician Stephen Malloch, to discover how rhythms and expressions of movement enable us to share feelings and ideas.

Susan Vas Dias (UK). Consultant Paediatric Psychotherapist at the Queen Elizabeth Children's Services, Royal London Hospital. Trained under Anna Freud. Trainer and Supervisor at The Centre for Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Jay Vaughan (UK). Psychotherapist and Dramatherapist. Co-founding Director of Family Futures, an organisation specialising in therapeutic work with traumatised fostered or adopted children who have experienced loss, neglect or abuse.

Dr Vernon Wiehe (USA). Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky, USA. Author of 10 books and over 50 articles on family violence and sibling abuse.

Christina Wieland (UK). Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. Author of The Undead Mother: Psychoanalytic Explorations of Masculinity, Femininity and Matricide (Rebus Press/Karnacs). Published widely.

Alison Wintgens (UK). Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and Trust Lead for Speech and Language Therapy in South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, London. Regional Adviser in Child Mental Health for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Co-author: The Selective Mutism Resource Manual.

Dr Felicity de Zulueta (UK). Consultant Psychiatrist and lead clinician of the Traumatic Stress Service at the Maudsley Hospital. Author: From Pain to Violence, The Traumatic Origins of Destructiveness. Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College London, Group Analyst, Systemic Therapist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. Founder member of the International Attachment Network and author of numerous papers on Attachment, PTSD and the origins of violence.

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