The Vibrant Family

About the Author

Kirsten Seidenfaden (b. 1946) graduated in clinical psychology from the University of Copenhagen in 1976, has additional specialization in psychotherapy and supervision, and further training in systemic consultation and family therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and relational therapy for couples. In 1998, Kirsten founded the Danish Imago Institute and in 2004, the Centre for Relation Focused Therapy. For more than ten years, the centre has hosted courses for couples and parents, as well as further training in relational therapy for psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Piet Draiby (b. 1941) graduated as a medical doctor in 1972, and is a GP and supervisor with additional specialization in child and adolescent psychiatry. For some years, he was head of an Outpatient Clinic for adolescent psychiatry and presently is in private practice. He is trained in psycho-dynamic therapy, gestalt therapy, systemic family therapy, and therapy for children and couples. Susanne Soborg Christensen graduated in psychology from the University of Copenhagen in 1988, and then underwent further training in systemic consultation and family treatment, gestalt therapy, and couples therapy. A Certified Marte Meo therapist and supervisor, Susanne has trained Marte Meo therapists in Denmark since 1990. She is a private practitioner in psychology, and is associated with the Danish Imago Institute. Vibeke Hejgaard qualified as a nurse in 1981 and as a visiting nurse in 1994. She now has twenty years of experience as a children's nurse and family counsellor. Since 2004, she has worked at the pregnancy/maternity ward at Copenhagen University Hospital, specializing in early relations between infants and parents as well as in vulnerable and exposed families. Now a postgraduate lecturer of nurses, she also runs a private practice in family counselling. Mette-Marie Davidsen is a qualified nurse and journalist, and author of several books, among others Tiden med en Teenager, Aschehoug 2006. Ros Draper is a therapist, teacher and supervisor who has made major contributions to the development of family therapy in Britain over the last thirty years. When Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Tavistock Clinic, London and working at the Institute of Family Therapy, London, she developed her practice in both adult and child psychiatric settings. Ros was chair for the Institute of Family Therapy and Birkbeck College, University of London MSc in a Systemic Approach to Management, Coaching and Consultation, and currently has a private practice in Hampshire and London.