Coline Covington is a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology and the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She is a member of International Dialogue Initiative (IDI), a group formed by Professor Vamik Volkan, Lord Alderdice, and Dr Robi Friedman to apply psychoanalytic concepts in understanding political conflict. Her publications include "Terrorism and War: Unconscious Dynamics of Political Violence" and "Sabina Spielrein: Forgotten Pioneer of Psychoanalysis". She is a regular columnist for "The Week" online.