Couples as Parents: Explorations in Couple Therapy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032482170)

Kate Thompson is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and senior staff member at Tavistock Relationships (TR) with over 20 years' experience of therapy with couples and individuals. Currently heading up Couple Therapy for Depression Training of NHS practitioners, Kate is also clinical lead for TR's parenting services. Registered with BPC and BACP, Kate writes for a variety of publications; she co-edited Engaging Couples: New Directions in Therapeutic Work with Families (Routledge, 2018) and a special edition of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis on Divorce and Separation (2021). She is Co-editor in chief of Journal of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis.

Damian McCann, DSysPsych, is a psychoanalytic couple psychotherapist working at Tavistock Relationships, London; adjunct faculty member of the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) Washington, DC; an associate of Queen Anne Street Practice, London; and an editorial board member of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis. He is also a consultant systemic psychotherapist with many years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families. He has a particular interest in working with gender and sexual diversity in psychoanalytic practice and has published and taught widely on this topic. His edited book Same-Sex Couples and Other Identities: Psychoanalytic Perspectives was published by Routledge in 2021.