Debra Bekerian received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in experimental psychology.  After graduating she took a position at the Medical Research Council, Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, UK as a senior researcher, where she focused on applied memory issues. Her interest in memory and trauma led her to become a licensed Gestalt therapist, concentrating on Gestalt group psychotherapy.  She has published extensively on memory issues and has written and co-edited books on applied psychology and offender profiling.