Susie Orbach (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic. Read full biography of Susie Orbach →
I think what's most interesting about me is the work that I do.
I'm a therapist and that fascinates people because they think I carry secrets.
I'm the sort of person who likes to undo everything.
If I were afraid of wrinkles, I'd probably be hiding in a cupboard, because I have a lot of them.
In general, the Western body has become a global brand.
'Skinny' is only one body type.
Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies -... →
I've always felt very sympathetic from the first days of writing about women that, whatever the woman, whether she is trying to be a woman in the... →
Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a... →
The analyst's psyche operates as a kind of... something to hold on to while somebody's going through therapy, if they're deconstructing... →
The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked through with friends and not... →
Susie Orbach (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic.