Ann Shearer is a senior analyst with the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists and practices in London. She teaches widely, and in 2009 was Visiting Analyst to the South African Association of Jungian Analysts. She has also been involved with the International Association for Analytical Psychology training programme in St Petersburg since 2000, as lecturer and supervisor. She is particularly interested in the psychological implications of mythology and her books include Athene: image and energy and (with Pamela Donleavy) From Ancient Myth to Modern Healing: Themis: goddess of heart-soul, justice and reconciliation.