Peter Fonagy

Peter Fonagy (born 14 August 1952) is a British psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist and Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London and a training and supervising analyst in the British Psychoanalytical Society in child and adult analysis. His clinical interests center on issues of borderline psychopathology, violence, and early attachment relationships. He served as chief executive of the Anna Freud Centre in London for 21 years until September 2024. His work integrates empirical research with psychoanalytic theory and he has published over 850 papers, and 300 chapters and has authored 25 and edited 20 books.