Familyandmarriagetherapist,borninParis,France ThechildofAmericanparents(hermotherwasRuthReeves,anotedtextiledesigner),shegrewupinaNewYorkartistscolony ShestudiedatRadcliffe(1946)andheldaseriesofjobsbeforeshebegantoconcentrateonfamilytherapy(1963)inaprogrammeinfluencedbytheideasofGregoryBateson ShetookamastersdegreefromtheAdelphiSchoolofSocialWork(1971)andworkedforfamilytherapyorganizationsinPhi
MEMORIESOFTOMANDERSEN-LYNNHOFFMANIfirstmetTomduringaseminarin1979,runbyPhilippeCaille,whowasteachingfamilytherapyattheUniversityofOslo HehadheardIwasinItalyandaskedmetocometoNorway SoIstayedwithhisfamilyandthenmethisstudents,abouteightofthem,includingagroupfromTromsoethatincludedTomandVidjeHansenandoneothermanwhosenameIonlyrememberas“Odd ”Onthemorningoftheseminar’ssecondday,Tom’sgroupwascon