Susan Anderson (psychotherapist)

Susan Anderson, LCSW is the American author of The Journey from Abandonment to Healing, a self-help book about the pain of relationship breakups. Anderson developed her ideas after her husband of eighteen years left her for another woman. Anderson was interviewed on The Early Show (CBS) on February 14, 2007 [1] She was also interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR) Inner Visions "Overcoming Self Sabotage and Healing Abandonment" June 23, 2015.[2]

For other people named Susan Anderson, see Susan Anderson (disambiguation).

In her book, Anderson contends that the grief of being spurned in a romantic relationship can create a trauma powerful enough "to implant an emotional drain deep within the self that if left unresolved, leeches self-esteem and creates self sabotage".[3] Anderson adapts the five phases of grief identified in the Kübler-Ross model to relationship break-ups [4] reshaping them as: Shattering, Withdrawal, Internalizing, Rage and Lifting.[5]

Susan Anderson is a private practice psychotherapist in New York. She has a Masters of Liberal Studies (Stony Brook University, 1974), a Masters of Social Work (Stony Brook University, 1983), is a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor,[6] and a member of the National Association of Social Workers. She also authored Black Swan and Taming Your Outer Child.

Controversy

While Kübler-Ross, Anderson, and others have attempted to define discrete stages of grief, such as an initial period of numbness leading to depression and finally to reorganization and recovery, most modern grief specialists recognize the variations and fluidity of grief experiences, that differ considerably in intensity and length among cultural groups and from person to person. No grief stage theory has been able to account for how people cope with loss, why they experience varying degrees and types of distress at different times, and how or when they adjust to a life without their loved one over time.[7]

References
  1. "Broken Heart Syndrome". CBS News., CBS Early Show: Susan Anderson interview
  2. Anderson, Susan. "Meet the Author Susan Anderson". abandonment.net. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  3. McAdams, III; Foster, V. A.; Dotson-Blake, J. M. Brendel (2009). "Dysfunctional Family Structures and Aggression in Children: A Case for School-Based, Systemic Approaches with Violent Students". Journal of School Counseling. 7 (9).
  4. PhD Carolyn Ambler Walter PhD, LCSW; Judith L. M. McCoyd PhD, LCSW, QCSW (23 March 2009). Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. Springer Publishing Company. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-8261-2758-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Anderson, Susan (2014) [2000]. The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life. Berkley Trade. ISBN 978-0425273531. (Also available in German (Bertlesmann), Japanese, Korean, French (HarperCollins))
  6. Sudol, Diane. "The Journey from Abandonment to Healing". BPDFamily.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  7. Zisook, Sidney; Shear, Katherine (June 1, 2009). "Grief and bereavement: what psychiatrists need to know". World Psychiatry. 8 (2): 67–74. doi:10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00217.x. PMC 2691160. PMID 19516922.
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