Giovanna Ambrosio is a full Member and the Secretary of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association, member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, and Chief Editor of the journal 'Psicoanalisi'. She is the current overall Chair of the IPA Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP), and former European co-chair of COWAP (2001-2005). Her main scientific interests include the field of the intrapsychic interaction relationship between 'truth and false', the meanings of 'lies', and issues related to the well known problem of the "confusion of tongues". She is author of several essays and editor of two books - 'On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives' and 'Language, Symbolization, and Psychosis', both published by Karnac.

Contributors: Jacqueline Amati-Mehler, Simona Argentieri, Colette Chiland, Domenico di Ceglie, Eulalia Torras de Bea, Estela V. Welldon

• Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Transvestism, transsexualism, transgender: identification and imitation -- Some thoughts on transsexualism, transvestism, transgender, and identification -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: exploring atypical gender identity development in children and adolescents -- Atypical gender identity development: on biological and psychological factors -- Transference and countertransference in group analysis with gender dysphoric patients -- Counterpoints

Giovanna Ambrosio is a full Member and the Secretary of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association, member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, and Chief Editor of the journal 'Psicoanalisi'. She is the current overall Chair of the IPA Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP), and former European co-chair of COWAP (2001-2005). Her main scientific interests include the field of the intrapsychic interaction relationship between 'truth and false', the meanings of 'lies', and issues related to the well known problem of the "confusion of tongues". She is author of several essays and editor of two books - 'On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives' and 'Language, Symbolization, and Psychosis', both published by Karnac.

Contributors: Jacqueline Amati-Mehler, Simona Argentieri, Colette Chiland, Domenico di Ceglie, Eulalia Torras de Bea, Estela V. Welldon

• Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Transvestism, transsexualism, transgender: identification and imitation -- Some thoughts on transsexualism, transvestism, transgender, and identification -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: exploring atypical gender identity development in children and adolescents -- Atypical gender identity development: on biological and psychological factors -- Transference and countertransference in group analysis with gender dysphoric patients -- Counterpoints

Giovanna Ambrosio is a full Member and the Secretary of the Italian Psychoanalytical Association, member of the International Psychoanalytical Association, and Chief Editor of the journal 'Psicoanalisi'. She is the current overall Chair of the IPA Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP), and former European co-chair of COWAP (2001-2005). Her main scientific interests include the field of the intrapsychic interaction relationship between 'truth and false', the meanings of 'lies', and issues related to the well known problem of the "confusion of tongues". She is author of several essays and editor of two books - 'On Incest: Psychoanalytic Perspectives' and 'Language, Symbolization, and Psychosis', both published by Karnac.

Contributors: Jacqueline Amati-Mehler, Simona Argentieri, Colette Chiland, Domenico di Ceglie, Eulalia Torras de Bea, Estela V. Welldon

• Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Transvestism, transsexualism, transgender: identification and imitation -- Some thoughts on transsexualism, transvestism, transgender, and identification -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: exploring atypical gender identity development in children and adolescents -- Atypical gender identity development: on biological and psychological factors -- Transference and countertransference in group analysis with gender dysphoric patients -- Counterpoints