Marianne Parsons - child and adult psychoanalyst and child and adolescent  psychotherapist. Formerly Head of Clinical Training at the Anna Freud Centre and Editor of the Journal of Child Psychotherapy, she worked for many years at the Portman Clinic where she ran the Portman Clinic Diploma in Forensic Psychotherapeutic Studies. Currently, she helps to implement the curriculum for the Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Training at the British Psychoanalytical Society. Teaches in the UK, USA, Finland, Romania, India, and China.