Jeff Fine-Thomas, MA, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and clinical consultant in private practice in Oklahoma. He started his career working at an inpatient psychiatric hospital and then worked at a college counseling center in Boston. He held a nonclinical position at the Harvard Macy Institute at Harvard Medical School prior to starting full-time private practice. As an adjunct professor at a local university, he also taught Professional Orientation (ethics). Mr. Fine-Thomas was a faculty member of the Foundations in Psychoanalytic Thought course for the Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (OSPS). He also held various positions on the OSPS Board, including past president.

Nancy McWilliams, PhD, ABPP, is Visiting Professor Emerita at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and has a private practice in Lambertville, New Jersey. She is author or editor of acclaimed books, including Psychoanalytic Diagnosis, Second Edition, and has published widely in professional journals. Dr. McWilliams is a past president of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology, Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA). She is the recipient of numerous professional honors and awards and is an honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association; the Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Turin, Italy; and the Warsaw Scientific Association for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Dr. McWilliamsâEUR(TM)s writings have been translated into more than 20 languages.