Neonatal World Conference 2026

Speakers - NEO2026

Jeanne Magagna

  • Designation: Child, Adult and Family Psychotherapist Former Head of Psychotherapy Services, Great Ormond Street Hospital, United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom

Biography

Dr. Jeanne Magagna is a Child, Adult and Family Psychotherapist who trained at the Tavistock Clinic in London. She was Head of Psychotherapy Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London  for 24 years.  Jeanne currently teaches on the Tavistock M.A. Programme of Observational Studies in Centro Studi Martha Harris in Florence, Italy.  Her publications (in various languages)  include editing or jointly editing: Intimate Transformations: Babies with Their Families, Being Present for Your Nursery Age ChildThe Silent Child: Communication without Words, Psychotherapy with Families, Creativity and Psychotic States and  Universals of Psychoanalysis., Contemporary Child Psychotherapy.   She also wrote A Psychotherapeutic Understanding of Eating Disorders in Children and Young People and many articles on infant observation including Three Years of Infant Observation with Esther Bick.  She teaches, publishes and works therapeutically internationally.