Andrew Samuels is recognised internationally as one of the most influential commentators on political and social issues from a psychological standpoint. A frequent broadcaster, he works as a political consultant to leaders, parties and organisations, as well as to companies and the NHS. Clinically, he practices as a Jungian Analyst and was one of the first group elected as Honorary Fellows of the UK Council for Psychotherapy. He is Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex and holds visiting chairs at New York, Roehampton, and Goldsmith’s College. Co-founder of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility and of Antidote the think tank campaigning for emotional literacy in the public sphere. His many books have been translated into 19 languages and include The Plural Psyche; The Political Psyche; and Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life.