About the Author
Leigh McCullough Vaillant, Ph.D., is clinical assistant professor and director of the Short-Term Psychotherapy Research Program at Harvard Medical School. She has published extensively on therapy, training, and research in short-term dynamic psychotherapy and gives training seminars worldwide. She has served as research director of Beth Israel Medical Center’s Short-Term Psychotherapy Research Program, is a visiting professor at the University of Trondheim in Norway, and has a clinical practice in Dedham, Massachusetts.