Susie Orbach

Susie Orbach (born 1946) is a British psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic.

She was born in London: her father was the Labour MP Maurice Orbach.

With Luise Eichenbaum, Orbach created the Women’s Therapy Centre in 1976 and the Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, a training institute in New York, in 1981. She has been a consultant for The World Bank, the NHS and Unilever and was co-originator of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.

Orbach's relationship with Joseph Schwartz, the father of her two children, ended after more than 30 years. According to writer Jeanette Winterson, now her partner, Orbach "calls herself post-heterosexual".

She was ranked 67 in the Pink List 2010, 54 in the Pink List 2011 and 69 in the Pink List 2012. The Pink List 2012 citation said:
 * "Psychotherapist and social critic Susie Orbach is best known for her 1978 work Fat is a Feminist Issue, and continues to publish books examining the state of the modern female psyche with reference to popular culture and sexuality. Orbach lives with her partner Jeanette Winterson."