Susan M. Campbell Explained

Susan M. Campbell
Birth Date:	July 16, 1941
Birth Place:	United States
Era:	late 20th century to the early 21st century
Occupation:	Author
Website:	http://susancampbell.com/

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

Biography

Campbell earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts in 1967, 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.Since 1967, she has pursued a career as a professional speaker, consultant, and trainer. She is also the 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. She has been a guest on national TV talk shows such as Dr. Dean Edell, CNN's NewsNight, and Good Morning America, and has guest lectured at the Harvard, Stanford, and UCLA business schools.

Getting Real

Campbell's book, Getting Real, and her more recent works Truth in Dating, and Saying What's Real, center 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.

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)^[5]
• Getting Real: 10 Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life (New World Library, 2001)^[6]
• 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)^[7]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty: Campbell, Susan . International University of Professional Studies . December 29, 2009.
2. Web site: Faculty . Saybrook University, Graduate College of Psychology and Humanistic Studies . February 4, 2010.
3. Web site: Susancampbell.com . 2010-02-04 .
4. Web site: Susancampbell.com . 2010-02-04 . .
5. Web site: From Chaos to Confidence by Susan M. Campbell . Publishers Weekly . 1 February 1995.
6. Christian . Diana Leafe . Reviews: Getting Real . Communities . Winter 2001 . 113 . 66 . Rutledge . en . ProQuest.
7. Lord . Douglas C. . Campbell, Susan. Truth in Dating: Finding Love by Getting Real. . Library Journal . 15 February 2004 . 129 . 3 . 146–147 . English.