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Suzanne B. Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP

About

Suzanne B. Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA is a licensed psychologist, psychoanalyst, diplomate in group psychology, certified group therapist, and Fellow and Co-chair of Community Outreach for the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). After 28 years, she is a newly retired Adjunct Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at LIU-Post in New York. She also has a private practice in Northport, N.Y.

Phillips has provided services and trainings nationally and internationally on trauma response and disaster (Covid-19, 9/11, earthquakes, and natural disasters in China, Haiti, India, and Italy, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the California Fires, school suicides and shootings). In February 2008, as Community Outreach Chair of AGPA, she gave testimony before Congress on the needs of the military and military families. On a yearly basis she runs the weekly AGPA’s Camp Galaxy for military children, "Going on During War,” at the 106th Rescue Squad in Westhampton, NY.

She is the co-author of three books including Healing Together for Couples: A Couple’s Guide to Coping with Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress; Public Mental Health Service Delivery Protocols: Group Interventions for Disaster Preparedness and Response; and The Therapist’s Pregnancy: Intrusion into the Analytic Space, and she has also written over 40 articles and book chapters. She is the host of “Psych Up Live,” an International talk radio show, on the Variety Channel of Voice America.

Recent Posts
Spirituality as Resilience
For centuries, people have responded to war, illness, and disaster by reaching for something beyond them to make meaning and ease pain. This is why.
The Keys for Blending Families: Time and Understanding

Blending a family is not easy. Often prefaced by a death or divorce, it takes time and an understanding of adults' and children’s reactions to make blending possible and positive.

Blending a family is not easy. Often prefaced by a death or divorce, it takes time and an understanding of adults' and children’s reactions to make blending possible and positive.

Cannabis, Teens, and Risk: Postponement as Prevention

With the legalization of cannabis, it is likely more teens will using it. Even recreational use has an unknown impact on teen brain development and warrants asking teens to "Just Wait."

With the legalization of cannabis, it is likely more teens will using it. Even recreational use has an unknown impact on teen brain development and warrants asking teens to "Just Wait."

What If You Find Your Partner Using Porn?

Finding a partner using porn can leave a couple in a crisis of exposure and betrayal. Guidelines for sharing and learning can make mutual repair possible.

Finding a partner using porn can leave a couple in a crisis of exposure and betrayal. Guidelines for sharing and learning can make mutual repair possible.

3 Principles for Raising Teens Without Ruining Your Marriage

Whereas most people are warned that the joyful arrival of a new baby may challenge the romance in their marriage, not enough warning or guidance is given to parents of teens.

Whereas most people are warned that the joyful arrival of a new baby may challenge the romance in their marriage, not enough warning or guidance is given to parents of teens.

Do You Still Know Your Partner?

Despite their predictions, surprising research shows, long-term partners had more difficulty knowing a partner’s preferences than young couples did.

Despite their predictions, surprising research shows, long-term partners had more difficulty knowing a partner’s preferences than young couples did.

Is Fidelity to Your Partner Enough to Sustain a Marriage?

In a culture filled with extramarital exploits, fidelity might seem crucial to a vital marriage. Actually, it requires that and much more.

In a culture filled with extramarital exploits, fidelity might seem crucial to a vital marriage. Actually, it requires that and much more.