Dr Juan Eduardo Tesone was born in Argentina. He received an Honours Degree as a physician from the University of Buenos Aires, and was a medical resident in psychiatry in the Buenos Aires Children's Hospital from 1974 to 1976. He moved to Paris in 1977, where he trained at, and is now a Full Member of, the Paris Psychoanalytical Society. He trained at, and is now a Full Member of, the Paris Psychoanalytical Society. He was a resident physician at La Salpetriere Hospital (1977 - 1978), and has been an adviser to the Social Welfare Ministry of France. In 1998, he returned to Argentina. He is a Full Member and Training Analyst of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association and Full Member of the International Psychoanalytical Association. At present, he is a Professor at La Pitie-Salpetriere Medical School, University of Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie, Professor of the Masters Programme in Interdisciplinary Studies on Subjectivity, School of Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Professor of the Masters Program in Psychoanalysis of the School of Psychology of the University Del Salvador (USAL), Buenos Aires. He is an Invited Professor of the School of Psychology of the University of Paris-Ouest Nanterre. He is the author of more than 100 articles in specialist journals, edited in Spanish, French, English, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Croatian, and author and co-author of several books.