Mary Target PhD is Reader in Psychoanalysis at University College London (UCL) and Professional Director of the Anna Freud Centre. She is a Full Member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, and Course Organiser of UCL's Masters in Theoretical Psychoanalytic Studies and doctorate in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

She carries out research on child attachment and treatment outcomes, and has a part-time adult practice.