Dr. H. CHARLES FISHMAN, M.D., has been practicing general, child, and adolescent psychiatry for over 35 years. He has extensive experience with family systems and family therapy techniques and has published numerous books and articles for both academic and general audiences, including four bestselling books: Family Therapy Techniques, with Salvador Minuchin, Harvard University Press, 1981; Treating Troubled Adolescents, Basic Books, 1989; Evolving Models of Family Change, Guilford Press, 1986, with Dr. Bernice Rosman; and Intensive Structural Therapy, Basic Books, 1993. In 2004, he published Enduring Change in Eating Disorders: Lessons From Long Term Follow-ups, Rutledge. In addition, he has presented more than 200 lectures on a range of family therapy models and their application to treatment. Dr. Fishman is currently Clinical Director at the Youthlink Family Trust (New Zealand) and NZ Eating Disorder Specialists, Ltd. Associate Clinical Professor, University of Hawaii School of Medicine