Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber is a professor emeritus of psychoanalysis at the University of Kassel, Germany. She is a former director of the Sigmund-Freud-Institut in Frankfurt am Main, a senior scientist at the University of Medicine in Mainz, a training and supervising analyst, and the author of numerous books and articles. She is the recipient of awards, including the 2016 Sigourney Award and the IPA's Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award.

Stephan Hau, PhD, is a professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden. He is also a member of the Research Committee and a member of the Research Grants Subcommittee of the IPA, as well as a cöchair of the IPA's RTP/Sandler Conference Subcommittee. He is the editor¿in¿chief of Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review and the author of numerous books and articles.

Rogério Lerner, PhD, is a professor at the Institute of Psychology and the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry) of the University of São Paulo. He is also a member of the Research Committee of IPA, co-Chair of Joseph Sandler Psychoanalytic Research Conference and Research Training Programme, and an associate member of the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo.

Erik Stänicke is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a training psychoanalyst. He is an experienced supervisor and teacher, and is the author of numerous books and articles.

Siri Erika Gullestad is professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She is a training and supervising psychoanalyst, and she was awarded the Sigourney Award in 2019. She is an experienced teacher and supervisor, and is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Theory and Practice of Psychoanalytic Therapy: Listening for the Subtext (with Bjørn Killingmo, Routledge, 2020).