Ros Draper was Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Tavistock Clinic and the Institute of Family Therapy in London. She co-founded the Systemic Thinking and Practice Book Series and her title Teaching Family Therapy is a key text in the field. She has developed ways of working systemically in primary care, education and eating disorder services. Until 2007 Ros chaired the Institute of Family Therapy and Birkbeck College MSc in 'A Systemic Approach to Management, Coaching and Consultation'.