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Susan M. Campbell (born July 16, 1941) is an American self-help author, ^[1] best known for her book Getting Real.

Biography

Campbell earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts in 1967, ^[1] and remained a member of the school's graduate faculty until 1977, she then joined Saybrook University in San Francisco where she held an adjunct faculty appointment. ^[2] She was also on the faculty at the International University of Professional Studies. ^[1] Since 1967, she pursued a career as a professional speaker and a consultant and trainer. ^[1] She is also President of Getting Real Resources, a coaching and training company. ^[3]

Campbell's work has been featured in magazines including New Woman, Psychology Today, Self, Harvard Business Review, Seventeen, Men's Health, New Age, Fast Company, and Yoga Journal, and she has been a guest on national TV talk shows such as Dr. Dean Edell, CNNs NewsNight, and Good Morning America, ^[1] and has guest lectured at the Harvard, Stanford, and UCLA business schools. ^[1]

Getting Real

Campbell's most recent work, described in the best-selling^{[ citation needed]} book Getting Real and her more recent Truth in Dating, and Saying What's Real, centers on using honest communication for personal healing and expanded self-awareness. ^[4] The roots of this work are in Buddhist psychology, Gestalt Therapy, Sensory Awareness, Psychoanalysis, and Jungian psychology.^{[ citation needed]}

Published works

Books

• Expanding Your Teaching Potential: Education for Participation in a Changing World (Irvington, 1977)
• The Couple’s Journey: Intimacy as a Path to Wholeness (Impact, 1980)
• Beyond the Power Struggle: Dealing with Conflict in Love and Work (Impact, 1984)
• From Chaos to Confidence: Survival Strategies for the New Workplace ( Simon & Schuster, 1995)
• Getting Real: 10 Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life ( New World Library, 2001)
• The Everything Great Sex Book, Campbell, Susan, and Heumann, Suzie. ( Adams Media, 2002)
• Truth in Dating: Finding Love by Getting Real (New World Library, 2002)
• Saying What’s Real: Seven Keys to Authentic Communication and Relationship Success (New World Library, 2003)

Articles (in juried professional journals)

• Anderson, Susan Campbell. "Effects of confrontation by high- and low-functioning therapists." Journal of Counseling Psychology, 16(5) 1968.
• Anderson, Susan Campbell, and Jules Zimmer. “Dimensions of positive regard and empathy.” Journal of Counseling Psychology, 15(5), 1968.
• Campbell, Susan. “Women and Success,” The Humanistic Psychology Institute Review, 1 (1) Summer 1978.
• Carkhuff, Robert, Susan Campbell Anderson and Mae Alixik, “Do We have a Theory of Vocational Choice?” The Personnel and Guidance Journal, 46(4) 1967.
• Campbell, Susan. “Developing Ego-Strength in Drug-Dependent Persons Using Group Therapy,” Correctional Psychologist, 4, Fall 1971.
• Campbell, Susan. “Working through the Impasse in Self and Society: Gestalt Therapy Applications in Personal and Community Development,” The Gestalt Therapist, 11(1) Fall 1975.
• Campbell, Susan. “Working Through the Power-Vulnerability Polarity.” Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 8 (2), 1977.
• Campbell, Susan. “The Co-Creative Teacher: A Key Dimension in Accelerated Learning.” Journal of Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 5(1) Spring 1980.

External links

• Official Website of Susan Campbell

References