Christos Sideras, FRCPsych, is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, and Honorary Lecturer at University College London. After some neuroscience work, he shifted to philosophy, and is now doing a PhD in philosophy of emotions. He has an interest in psychoanalytic thinking and practice, is a council member of the Arts and Philosophy Special Interest Groups of Royal College of Psychiatrists, and is also convenor for the UCL Embodied Psychotherapies Series. He is exploring the interface between various therapies and philosophical practices.