Many people have helped me write this book, but I would like to particularly thank Ann Horne and Monica Lanyado, the editors of the series. Without their support and encouragement, this book would not have been completed. They have been patient, knowledgeable and always open to new ideas. I have also valued the feedback from those who have read my book, chapter by chapter, particularly Harry, my husband, my brother David Bean and my colleague, Caroline Freud Penney. Also my thanks to my creative writing teacher, Ruth Brandt, whose classes taught me to aim to bring every sentence alive. I have been very fortunate in working with such good colleagues over the years, as a social worker, a child psychotherapist on the Family Service at the Cassel Hospital, West London, at the Lantern Family Service, and on the Independent Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training at the British Psychotherapy Foundation. In each setting, I have learnt such different skills and perspectives and I wanted to give a flavour of this diversity in the final chapter where I explore therapeutic work in different settings. The contributions from the child psychotherapists there give this book a broader view than I could have achieved alone. The many children and families I have treated and those I have supervised and taught in the UK and overseas have all contributed to the ideas discussed here and stimulated me to keep looking for ways to improve my skills. Finally, thanks to my husband Harry, who did the cooking and kept the home going for many months while I was writing this book, as well as encouraging me every step of the way.