Mary Lynne Ellis Author

Mary Lynne Ellis (B.A. Art and Design, Diploma in Art Therapy, Dip. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (1994), M.A. Art Therapy, and M.A.Modern European Philosophy) is in private practice as a relational analytical psychotherapist in North London. She has also worked as an art therapist in the NHS, as the clinical director of a lesbian and gay counselling and psychotherapy centre and as a psychotherapist in a therapeutic community. She has taught on art therapy and psychotherapy trainings in the UK and Ireland and is a training analyst and a supervisor. She has published and lectured widely (including in the UK and Chile) on phenomenological perspectives in relational analytical practices, Her other publications include Time in Practice; Analytical Perspectives on the Times of Our Lives (Karnac/Routledge, 2008) Mary Lynne Ellis is also a practising artist.

Noreen O’Connor (B.A., M.A. First Class Hons., PhD Contemporary European Philosophy, Dip. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 1988) is in private practice as a relational analytical psychotherapist in North London. She has also worked as a psychotherapist in a university counselling service and has taught philosophy in a number of universities and social philosophy in adult education centres in Britain and Ireland. She has been a training committee member of three psychoanalytic psychotherapy organisations in London where she has also taught, supervised, and been a training analyst, alongside her supervision of qualified analysts. She has published and lectured widely on post-modernist phenomenological and relational perspectives in psychoanalytic practice. Her other publications include the widely cited book, Wild Desires and Mistaken Identities; Lesbianism and Psychoanalysis, co-authored with Joanna Ryan (Virago 1993, reprinted Karnac/Routledge, 2003).