From Russia to London: A Personal Account of John Bowlby's Legacy

Trained at the Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic (currently known as The Anna Freud Centre) qualifying in 1979. In 1975 Susan began work in the NHS in child guidance and the neonatal unit and paediatric wards of local hospitals. She remained a staff member of the Clinic until 1982 when she left to take up an appointment at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. She joined the Royal London Hospital in 1989 as a consultant paediatric psychotherapist and retired from the NHS in 2002. From 1990 Susan became a founding member of the Centre for Attachment Based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (CAPP), helping to foster its development towards becoming The Bowlby Centre. She worked as teacher, training therapist, supervisor, and undertook committee work for the Centre. She has published several papers over the years and is currently writing a book Common Sense Psychotherapy: A Primer (provisional title). Now fully retired from clinical practice Susan enjoys living in Scotland, reading, travelling, and walking with or without dogs. E-mail: