Susie Orbach (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. Read full biography of Susie Orbach →
I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem... →
Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.
Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.
Mothers unconsciously allow more latitude to sons, and open encouragement, and with daughters they treat them as they would treat themselves.
When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?
Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed... →
Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested... →
Celebrity culture is something that pains me.
No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.
There is no such thing as a neutral therapist.
Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper... →
If you continually diet, you are putting your body in a quasi-famine situation. It slows your metabolism down and breaks the thermostat. Diets... →
Consumer society tantalises us. We then try within ourselves to control the needs that are being constantly stimulated.
Susie Orbach (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic.