Paula Anderson is Deputy Head Teacher at Bromley High School (GDST) and has contributed the book review Brave Heads

Mark Edwards lives in Exeter and works as a Primary Mental Health Worker in South Devon.  He has a developing interest in working systemically and the focus of his work is with children and families.  He runs a successful course for parents on Managing Challenging Behaviour.   He has contributed the review of Focusing and Calming Games for Children

Terry Goodwin, was a senior marketing executive at Finexport Ltd in London and Bangkok until his retirement in 1992, since when he has been in private practice as a marketing consultant.  Terry has been the persona of our business editor since the inception of Nurturing Potential.  Terry has contributed an article in the business section on Dependency Theory and a review of 10 Virtues of Outstanding Leaders

Caroline Jenner is a graduate of Warwick University.  She teaches

English and drama at Bromley High School (Girls' Day School Trust) in Bromley,

Kent,  She has contributed a book review on Full On Learning.

Saurav Karkil has contributed the poem The Dependency in the

Verse section.  Saurav is a 19 year old from Kathmandu, Nepal.  His other

verse may be found on the Poem Hunter website www.poemhunter.com. .

Sue Knight  is an international consultant and author, pioneering the use of

NLP for people in business.  You will find her website at http://www.sueknight.co.uk/

Sue.has contributed a review of The Origins of NLP

Edit Kovacs comes from Hungary where she used to run an international service desk and is currently a business consultant specializing in Service Management based in England..

She has a Master’s degree (MA) in Sociology,  is also experienced in Management of Change and is currently studying for a Psychology BSc in the Open University. Edit has contributed the article on Stand-Up Comedy

Michael Mallows is an Honorary Fellow within the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy.  He developed the Crafty Listening approach to developing Emotional Intelligence.  He coaches individuals and trains teams and groups in the voluntary, public and private sectors.  Michael is the author of The Power to Use NLP and co-author of Peace of Mind is a Piece of Cake.has contributed an article in the Therapy section on  Appreciative Enquiry and a review of The Magic of NLP DemystifiedHis website can be found at www.craftylistening.co.uk

Sep Meyer is a graduate of the London School of Economics and, since his retirement from a commercial life, has been devoting his time to writing poetry, magazine articles, book reviews and drama.  His contributions to these pages isusually in the area of politics and current affairs. He has contributed a book review A High Price in this issue.

John Rowan is a man of so many part that we have insufficient space in this biographical data to do him adequate justice.   Author, counsellor, psychothrapist and clinical supervisor, he is perhaps best associated with has work in the areas of transpersonal psychology and specifically the concept of sub-personalities. His contribution to this issue is Sloppy Spirituality.

Joe Sinclair is Managing Editor of Nurturing Potential and was involved in its creation.  Writer (nine published books to his name), Publisher (seven titles) and prolific contributor of articles and book reviews (several in this issue) his full (ish) biography can be found on his website www.conts.com 

Elizabeth Winder has worked in mental health in the UK for several years, earlier managing a mental health advocacy service in Oxfordshire, England.  She worked on the European project Value , led by the European Patients’ Forum, and wrote the Value Toolkit for Patient Organisations on Meaningful patient Involvement – Patients Adding Value to Policy, Projects, and Services, with the input of patients and their organisations from around Europe. She is currently advising on a project to support Romanian mental health service users to set up advocacy services.  She has contributed an article on ecology and a book review.