Known as an active voice against the movement toward drug-based treatments for mental health disorders in worldwide health policy
Earned an M․A․ in Paris in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century history of science
Always had an interest in writing, but didn't actually write anything until he moved to Paris and penned a draft of "Why Women Write More Letters than They Post․"
Before training as an analyst in Paris, he studied philosophy at Cambridge
Quote: "It's ridiculous to say everyone should get to know themselves․ But culture shapes the way we view ourselves, and it's completely got rid of the idea of unconscious processes․"
Quote: "You can't do analysis unless you suffer․ If someone said they wanted to do it out of intellectual interest I wouldn't really take that seriously--there have to be problems․"
A psychoanalyst and author, he has published such books as "Why Do Women Write More Letters than They Post?" and "Promises Lovers Make When it Gets Late․"
Was a founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research
Has written many essays on the work of leading British artists