Susan Wright, Ph D. is the Founder and Director of Creative Life Change Institute based in Marin County, CA.

She received her education at Cornell, Adelphia and Columbia Pacific Universities and has received advanced training in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), EMDR Narrative Therapy, Voice Dialogue and Rapid Response Therapy - an offshoot of Thought Field Therapy, Cognitive and short-term techniques and others. She is an author; talk show host, columnist and is a well-known speaker and trainer throughout the US and overseas.

Dr. Wright has appeared on television demonstrating the 5-minute phobia cure found in her books. Her guided imagery tape and book Preparation for Surgery was used in Ohio hospitals. Her series of books: Be Your Own Therapist, Be Your Own Pet Therapist; and Be Your Own Matchmaker have been best sellers. Be Your Own Therapist is currently being published in nine languages. The second edition of Be Your Own Pet Therapist will be available soon.

In addition to her her professional counseling and writing career, Dr Wright was a performer, living and traveling in Europe and the United States.

Resume Highlights: (For complete resume, contact Dr. Wright):

• Member and l group leader at Pacific Training Associates on a grant from the University of California Medical Center. The "Racial Confrontation " weekends included participants from all departments of the medical center, San Francisco
• Director, Mental Health Care for Blacks Project sponsored by Mt. Zion Hospital in S.F.
• Head Intake Worker, Children's Hospital Child Development Center, San Francisco
• Consultant, Frederick Burke School, San Francisco State University
• Chief Social Worker, Jewish Home for the Aged, San Francisco.
• In charge of adoptive Placements at Vista Del Mar, Los Angeles, CA
• Founder and Director of UNITE, first multi-cultural women's organization in the US.
• Founder and Director of the first industry assisted Child Development Center in San Francisco, which served 110 children, ages birth to 10 Years, days and evenings.
• Founder and Director of Creative Life Change mental health organization which employed 10 social workers and psychologists and was a training site for interns from surrounding colleges and universities.