ABSTRACT
In spite of Valerie's unique kindness and decency as a human being and as a professional colleague, it would be quite inadequate to characterise her simply as being nice. She possesses another crucial characterological component: a component far more rare, namely, her bravery. In spite of the many topics investigated so carefully by countless numbers of psychoanalytical clinicians and writers over the last century, no one has explored the subject of bravery. Across the course of her clinical lifetime, Valerie Sinason has demonstrated immense bravery in many different ways. Through her teaching, through her supervision work, through her public lectures, and through her books, chapters, papers, and media broadcasts, Sinason has changed the landscape of mental health care in Great Britain and beyond as a result of her tireless research into the nature of traumatology. Such an undertaking requires immense bravery and unyielding fortitude.
