Susan Hubbard

Let me tell you something about myself. I was born in 1944, and grew up in New York City. My dad was a practicing psychoanalyst and my mom was a housewife who was very active in all kinds of civic organizations. I have a brother who is 14 months older than I am, and presently is a psychiatrist in New Jersey. As a teenager, I thought I would become either a professional singer or a psychoanalyst. I didn’t pursue either of these career options, but eventually found a way to address my interest in both music and psychology. I became a psychotherapist for my “day job” and also am a member of a vocal and instrumental trio that performs at local festivals and coffee houses. I am a pretty good soprano and a chronically intermediate guitarist.

I am married, have two grown children, three grown step-children and seven perfect grandchildren with another on the way. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn (which, by the way, had 7,500 students at the time), I went to Vassar College for two years. Vassar was an all-girls school then. It felt strange and unnatural to me to have no opportunity to become friends with young men as well as with young women. Blind dates provided the only opportunity to meet anyone of the opposite sex. This was one of many reasons why I transferred to Barnard College in Manhattan for my final two years of undergraduate work, earning my degree in 1964. Next, I went to the Columbia University School of Social Work and got my M.S.W. in 1966.

I had several jobs in social work agencies prior to going into private practice in Boulder, Colorado in 1972. These include foster care, pregnancy and maternity work, and a job in the student health center of a university. I find that the experience of listening to and talking with other human beings never gets old, even after being in practice for all these years. When I hear other people talk about retirement with eager anticipation, I notice that I don’t share this longing. Working with people about their human dilemmas is energizing, fascinating and personally rewarding. My work in the field of sexuality began in about 1973 when a local psychiatrist was looking for a female co-therapist to work with him in providing Masters and Johnson-style sex therapy for couples. We did a lot of reading, attended workshops together, and became co-therapists for sexual counseling, a professional association that lasted for fourteen years, until he died of cancer. We also maintained separate private practices of general psychotherapy. He was a good friend and valuable colleague and I still miss him.

I became a Diplomate in the American Board of Sexology in the early ‘90’s. Having written and published several articles in magazines over the years, in summer of ‘97 I began work on “Spicing Up Your Sex Life.” I felt inspired to create a program about sexuality that was light-hearted, non-clinical, and applicable to most people. I wanted to create a matter-of-fact atmosphere that was comparable to classes about parenting or finances. This endeavor has been very satisfying and is being well received by the public. The products I am offering are workbooks, the seminar “Spicing Up Your Sex Life”, consultations and speaking engagements. I hope you will visit my web site again, and pass the word along to any people you know.

Best Regards,
- Susan