Maria Helena Feliu graduated in philosophy from the Universidad de Barcelona and has a diploma in clinical psychology from the Faculty of Medicine of the same university. She has taught at school and university levels and is a part of the Child and Youth Psycho-pathology team at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. She is a founding member of the Gabinete Colectivo Galton and through this has worked in different areas of clinical psychology and as a family counsellor. For some years, her professional activity has been centred on relationship conflict. She is the author of Vivir bien en pareja (Living Well as a Couple; Plataforma Editorial, 2009), Acabar bien (Finishing Well; previously published in 2000, and in Catalan in 2005); she has also co-authored Asesoramiento familiar en educación infantil (Family Assessment in Child Education,1984) and Relación de pareja: técnicas para la convivencia (Relationships: Techniques for living together, 1992).