Jennifer Fitzgerald BA (Hons), PhD (Clin) is a clinical psychologist in Brisbane who is a Clinical Lead Educator in the School of Medicine, University of Queensland, where she co-ordinates courses in clinical communication skills and psychiatry for Phase 1 medical students and a sex and couples therapy course for the UQ clinical psychology program. Jenny also has a busy private practice where she treats individuals with mental health problems and distressed couples. She is an internationally certified trainer for Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples and provides workshops throughout Australia for couples therapists. With Michele Groves, Jenny edited Communication Skills in Medicine: Promoting Patient-centred Care (IP Communications, 2010). Jenny is co-author of An Emotionally focused Workbook for Couples: The Two of Us (Routledge, 2014).

Gerard J Byrne BS (Med), MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRANZCP is Professor and Head of the Academic Discipline of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland. He is also Director of the Older Person’s Mental Health Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and a Member of the Repatriation Medical Authority. His research interests include anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment in older people.