Christopher Reeves is a retired Child Psychotherapist. After studying psychology and philosophy at Oxford, he trained in the Department of Children and Parents at the Tavistock Clinic during John Bowlby s tenure as Chair, while also completing a PhD in philosophy at UCL. For two years he attended clinical seminars run by Donald Winnicott. In addition to local authority child guidance work, he was for many years associated with the Mulberry Bush School. He was Chairman of the Medical Section of the British Psychological Society and Editor of the "Journal of Child Psychotherapy". He has written