Alla Rubitel MRCPsych, is a consultant psychiatrist in forensic psychotherapy at the Portman Clinic and consultant psychiatrist in psychotherapy at the Gordon Hospital, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Her clinical research interests include psychoanalytic approaches to understanding and treating patients suffering from perversions, violence and delinquency in the context of cumulative trauma and distrurbed attachment, as well as supervision and the teaching medical and non medical staff. She is also a psychoanalyst in private practice.

David Reiss, MA, MBBChir, MPhil, PgD, FRCPsych, FAcadMEd, is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, West London Mental Health NHS Trust and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London. His research interests are in the interface between clinical forensic psychiatry and public policy, including work on personality disorder, recidivism, homicide inquiries and educational issues. His clinical and educational work focuses on enabling the multidisciplinary team to gain an enhanced understanding of patients, thereby improving care and reducing risk.