susan gordon, phd vitae

Susan Gordon, Curriculum Vitae 1

Curriculum Vitae

Susan Gordon, Ph.D.

Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines Effective Date: May, 2015 900 Main Street South Telephone: (203) 262-6755 Southbury, CT 06488 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Psychology, Mind/Body Medicine, Saybrook University, 2007 Dissertation: Psycho-Neuro-Intracrinology: The Embodiment of Myth, Intentionality, and the Spiritual Sense of Well-being in Women at Midlife.

M.A., Health Psychology, Saybrook University, 2001 Thesis: A theoretical Investigation of the Relationship between Transpersonal Self-Concept and Estrogen Dominance.

Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, 1992-1995 Coursework/Labs: Gross Human Anatomy and Dissection, Biochemistry, Human Physiology, Histology, Embryology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, Naturopathic History and Philosophy, Naturopathic Clinical theory, Principles of traditional Chinese Medicine, Pharmacognosy, Homeopathy, Botanical Medicine, Foods, Dietary Systems Assessment, Hydrotherapy, Physiotherapy, Biomedical Research Methods, Counseling.

B.A., Political Science/Psychology, Clark University, 1979

Massage Therapy, Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy, 1989 (License # 897)

Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Levels I, II, and SomatoEmotional Release, Upledger Institute, 1994

Reiki, Levels I, II, III, 1985-87 ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Faculty, Department of Psychology, National University, La Jolla, CA, 2015-present Certified Core Adjunct Professor of Psychology, National University, La Jolla, CA, 2008–2014 Courses Taught: Introduction to Psychology, Biological Psychology, Social Psychology, Child Development, Introduction to Psychopathology, History of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Introduction to Personality Theory, Cognitive Psychology, Senior Capstone Research Project, Independent Study for Honor’s Students. Courses Developed: Biological Psychology, Health Psychology, Social Psychology, Child Development

Research Director, Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines, CT, 1995 – present Conduct range finder studies with small cohorts to examine the efficacy of neutraceuticals, assess treatment outcomes, and compile reviews of literature for monographs. Counsel individuals and couples using Existential-humanistic-transpersonal approach. Massage, Cranio-sacral, Reiki therapist (Lic., State of CT, 1980-present).

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Research Assistant to Eugene Taylor, Saybrook University/Harvard Medical School, 2003 – 2013. Copy Editor: Taylor (2009). The Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories Taylor (2005). William James and the Spiritual Roots of American Pragmatism Invited, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Centrede Recherche en Epistémologie Appliquée; L’institut des

Systèmes Complexes, Paris Île-de-France (ISC-PIF), 2011

Academic Committee Memberships Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, Provincial Government, Guangxi, PRC, 2008-present Reorganization Committee, Divisions. Bachelors in Psychology (BAP) program, National University, College of Letters and Sciences, Department of Psychology. Online Education, 2015 5-Year WASC Reaccreditation Review. BAP Program. National University, 2012-2013. Institutional Review Board, Saybrook Graduate School, 1999-2009 Certified Accrediting Evaluator, Distance Education Training Council (DETC), Washington, DC. Onsite subject specialist for degree programs in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2008 SELECT CLINICAL RESEARCH Range finder study with small cohort to examine the efficacy of neutraceuticals developed by Arthur Andrew Medical, designed to decrease interstitial colonization of Candida Albicans in colonic interstitium, 2008 Research testing the efficacy of hormonal and nutritional protocols in naturopathic patients, 1999-2004 Review of literature, “Effects of sex and adrenal cortical steroids on thyroid function.” Daily Health

News, ® 2007

Review of literature, monograph on Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Natural standard Database, 2004 Research testing the efficacy of Reiki as adjunctive care in chemotherapy, Yale University Oncology Outpatient Clinic, 1990 LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS

Gordon, S. (6/22-23/15). Invited Presenter. Neurophenomenology: The Intuitive Bridge between Mind and Brain. First Transpersonal Research Colloquium. Milan, Italy.

Gordon, S. (3/13 - 3/16/14). Invited Presenter. Neurophenomenology: The Intuitive Bridge between Mind and Brain. Intuition and Method: Phenomenological, Indigenous, and Neurophenomenological Perspectives. Division 32, 6th Annual Division Conference, Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA. Panel: Rosemarie Anderson, Aaron L. Mishara, Susan Gordon.


Gordon, S. (3/13 – 3/16/14). Invited Respondent. Humanizing the Neuropsychological Assessment Experience. Division 32, 6th Annual Division Conference, Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA. Panelists: Kelsey Clews, Katarzyna Lesniak-Kasperek, and Nicole Miller.

Gordon, S. (10/4 - 10/19/13). Lecturer. Mind-Body Medicine. Bureau of Foreign Experts, PRC: Guilin

Medical University, and Guangxi University, Department of Pharmacology, Nanning, PRC.

Gordon, S. (9/10/13). Lecturer. The Neurophenomenology of self. Yale University, Program for Recovery

and Community Health, New Haven, CT.

Gordon, S. (8/2-8/3/13). Presenter. Neurophenomenology and Its Applications to Psychology. Divisions

32 and 52. 121st Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Gordon, S. (8/3/12). Chair and Presenter, Symposium. The neurophenomenological self. Division 32,

120th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL. Panelists: Susan

Gordon, Eugene Taylor, Brent Robbins, Robert McInerney, Olga Louchakova-Schwartz.

Gordon, S. (5/25 – 5/28/12). Invited Presenter. Existential Time and the Meaning of Human

Development. Second International Conference on Existential Psychology, Shanghai, PRC.

Gordon, S. (4/1/12). Chair and Presenter, Symposium. Neurophenomenology and Its Applications to

Psychology. Panelists: Susan Gordon, Eugene Taylor, Brent Robbins, Robert McInerney, Olga

Louchakova-Schwartz. Division 32, 5th Annual Conference, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Gordon, S. (8/5/11). Chair and Presenter, Symposium. Humanizing science: Person-centered

neuroscience, model building, and evidence-based practice. Panelists: Susan Gordon, Kevin Keenan,

Peter Jankowski, Arnond Sakworawich. Division 32, 119th Annual Convention, American Psychological

Association, Washington, DC.

Gordon, S. (7/4 – 7/8/11). Invited Presenter. Existential time and the meaning of human development.

17th Conference, International Society for Chinese Philosophy. Paris, EHESS, France.

Gordon, S. (4/15 – 4/17/11). Presenter. New medical continuum: Psychotherapy, naturopathic medicine,

and psychopharmacology (2-hour, CE workshop). (Co-presenter: Andrew Rubman, ND). Annual

Conference, Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32, 4th Annual Conference, Chicago School for

Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Gordon, S. (4/12 – 4/15/11). Invited Presenter. The Mind-brain continuum. Wiring the Brain: Making

Connections. International Conference associated with Neuroscience Ireland and BioMed Central.

Powerscourt, Co Wicklow, Ireland.

Gordon, S. (8/15/10). Chair. Neurophenomenology: The mind and the brain. Conversation Hour, Society

for International Psychology, Division 52, 118th Annual Convention, American Psychological Association,

San Diego, CA.


Gordon, S. (8/13/10). Chair. Neurophenomenology: The embodied mind. Conversation Hour, Division 32,

118th Annual Convention, American Psychological Association San Diego, CA. Panelists: Susan Gordon,

Brent Robbins, Louis Hoffman, and Fred Wertz (discussant).

Gordon, S. (6/20/10). Presented Paper. Existential time and the meaning of human development. Society

for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Pacific Grove, CA.

Gordon, S. (4/24/10). Keynote Speaker. Neurophenomenology: The mind and the brain. Society for

International Psychology, Division 52, 90th Annual Convention, Western Psychological Association,

American Psychological Association, Cancun, Mexico.

Gordon, S. (4/2-4/5/10). Presenter. Existential challenges of midlife, Existential givens, Emotion and

existential psychology. First International Existential Psychology East-West Conference, Nanjing, China.

Presented with: Louis Hoffman, Kirk Schneider, Erik Craig, Mark Yang, and Ilene Serlin.

Gordon, S. (2/27/10). Chair, Symposium. Neurophenomenology: The mind and the brain. Midwinter

Meeting, Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Division 24, American Psychological

Association, Miami, FL. Panelists: Susan Gordon, Olga Louchakova, and Christopher Ramey.

Gordon, S. (2/20/10). In R. McInerney, Chair, Neurophenomenology and the enactive approach to

cognition. Symposium, Confluence Psychology Alliance, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA. Panelists:

Eugene Taylor, Olga Louchakova, Robert McInerney, Brent Robbins, and Susan Gordon.

Gordon, S. (8/6/09). Chair, Symposium. Neurophenomenology and the enactive approach to cognition,

Division 32, 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario,

Canada. Panelists: Eugene Taylor, Olga Louchakova, Robert McInerney, Brent Robbins, and Stanley

Krippner (discussant).

Gordon, S. (6/12/09). Presented Poster. Psycho-Neuro-Intracrinology: Embodiment of myth,

intentionality, and the spiritual sense of well-being in women at midlife. Toward a Science of

Consciousness. Hong Kong, China.

Gordon, S. (6/09). Nominee, William James Award. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness

(ASSC). Berlin, DE. Submitted paper: Psychoneurointracrinology: The mind-body continuum.

Gordon, S. (8/15/08). Presented Paper. Psycho-Neuro-Intracrinology: Myth, intentionality, and spiritual

well-being in women at midlife, Division 32, 116th Annual Convention of the American Psychological

Association, Boston, MA.

Gordon, S. (11/3/07) (Invited Address). The sexuality of women and the management of menopause.

Poliplaza Médica Insituto de Medicina y Tecnología Avanzada de la Conducta. Ciebles Center, Ciudad

Juarez, Mexico.


Gordon, S. (9/24/07) (Presented Paper). Psycho-Neuro-Intracrinology: The embodiment of myth,

intentionality, and the spiritual sense of well-being in women at midlife. 4th International Conference on

Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychologies & Psychotherapies. Sino-American Institute for

Transpersonal Studies & the Baiyun Psychological Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

PUBLICATIONS

Books/Chapters

Gordon, S. (in press). Psycho-Neuro-Intracrinology: The mind-body continuum. In P. Snider, J.

Zeff, J. Sensenig, & J. E. Pizzorno (Eds.), The healing power of nature: The foundations of

naturopathic medicine and the ecology of healing: Primary care for the twenty first century.

Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier.

Gordon, S. (Ed.). (2013a). Neurophenomenology and its applications to psychology. New York, NY:

Springer.

Gordon, S. (2013b). Psychoneurointracrinology: The embodied self. In S. Gordon (Ed.),

Neurophenomenology and its applications to psychology (pp. 115-148). New York, NY: Springer

Robbins, B. D., & Gordon, S. (2015). Humanistic neuropsychology: The implications of

neurophenomenology for psychology. In K. J. Schneider & J. F. Pierson (Eds.), The handbook

of humanistic psychology: Leading edges in theory, research, and practice (2nd ed., pp. 195-211).

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Book Reviews

Gordon, S. (2013, April, 9). Internal time is autopoietic. [Review of the book Internal Time: Chronotypes,

Social Jet Lag, and Why You’re So Tired]. PsycCritiques Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books,

58(15), Article 4. PsycCRITIQUES database.

Gordon, S. (2011, December, 14). Neurobiology of morality? [Review of the book Braintrust: What

Neuroscience Tells us About Morality]. PsycCritiques Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books,

56(50), Article 4. PsycCRITIQUES database.

Gordon, S. (2010, November 3). Beyond mental capital and wellbeing: Natural alternatives [Review of

the book Mental Capital and Wellbeing]. PsycCritiques Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books,

55 (No. 44), Article 6. PsycCRITIQUES database.

Gordon, S. (2009, September 30). The mind and the brain [Review of the book The Human Amygdala].

PsycCritiques Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 54 (No. 39), Article 9. PsycCRITIQUES

database.


Gordon, S. (2008, December). [Review of the book Whole person healthcare: Volume 1: Humanizing

healthcare; Volume 2: Psychology, spirituality and health; Volume 3: The arts and health.] The

Humanistic Psychologist, 36 (3-4), 357-373.

Journal Articles

Gordon, S. (in prep.). The neurophenomenology of Alan Watts. Self & Society: International Journal for

Humanistic Psychology. UK: Association for Humanistic Psychology.

Gordon, S. (2013, Fall). Neurophenomenology and its applications to psychology. International

Psychology Bulletin, 17(4), 57-58.

Gordon, S. (2013). Dedication and foreword. Journal of Holistic Psychology. Vol. II: Eros, body, and

Consciousness, 2, 15-18.

Gordon, S. (2012, February). Existential time and the meaning of human development. The Humanistic

Psychologist, 40(1), 79-86.

Monthly Column

The New Existentialists, Saybrook University, Oakland, CA:

http://www.saybrook.edu/newexistentialists/category/writers/susan-gordon

2015 Gordon, S. (5/18/15). Imagery and Symbolism in the Therapeutic Process Gordon, S. (4/18/15). Eastern vs. Western Psychology Gordon, S. (2/18/15). Allan Combs and Stanley Krippner on Human Development Gordon, S. (1/19/15). Gordon Allport’s Narrative Approach to Personality

2014 Gordon, S. (12/15/14). Henry Murray’s Personology Gordon, S. (11/17/14). Psychoneurointracrinology Gordon, S. (10/20/14). From Basic Human Tendencies to Personal Mythology Gordon, S. (9/22/14). Karen Horney: The Emergence of Cultural Influences on the Female Psyche Gordon, S. (8/18/14). Mircea Eliade on Time and Eternity Gordon, S. (7/21/14). Depth Psychology of the Feminine Gordon, S. (5/219/14). Where Autopoiesis Becomes Myth Gordon, S. (4/21/14). Symbols of Transformation and Psychospiritual Growth

Gordon, S. (3/17/14). Myth: The Mind-body Connection

Gordon, S. (1/27/14). Joseph Campbell’s Myth of the Hero

2013

Gordon, S. (12/23/13). The Growth-oriented Dimension of the Person

Gordon, S. (10/28/13). Sunyata: Transcending the Stream

Gordon, S. (9/16/13). Revisiting a Person-centered Science

Gordon, S. (8/21/13). The Neurophenomenological Self

Gordon, S. (7/29/13). Neurophenomenology and its Applications to Psychology

http://www.saybrook.edu/newexistentialists/category/writers/susan-gordon


Boardroom Publications

Gordon, S. (2015, March). Interview: “Sleep procrastination— Don’t lose sleep over this bad habit.” Daily

Health News. Boardroom Publications, Stamford, CT.

Rubman, A., & Gordon, S. (5/1/08). Interview: “How to find a top alternative doc.” Bottom Line/Personal

29 (9), 11-12.

Gordon, S. (7/23/07). Interview: “A different kind of hormone replacement therapy.” Daily Health News.

Boardroom Publications, Greenwich, CT.

Gordon, S. (7/29/03). Interview: “Natural hormone replacement therapy.” Daily Health News.

Boardroom Publications, Greenwich, CT.

Dissertation

Gordon, S. (2007). Psycho-Neuro-Intracrinology: The embodiment of myth, intentionality, and the

spiritual sense of well-being in women at midlife. Dissertation Abstracts International, B 68/09. (UMI No.

3285857)

Dissertation introduced the construct psychoneurointracrinology to explain the embodied dimension of

personality. Uses a theoretical, hermeneutic, pedagogical method synthesizing a history of ideas in

existential-phenomenology, cognitive neuroscience, and medical physiology. Psychological commentary:

implications of this model for an archetypal depth psychology of the feminine, the mind-body problem,

the developmental model across the lifespan, and the description of what psychology studies.

Candidacy Essays

Gordon, S. (2006). Existential-humanistic and transpersonal development in women at midlife and the

spiritual sense of well-being. Unpublished candidacy essay. Alan Watts Scholarship Awards (2005; 2006)

by the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy. Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA.

Gordon, S. (2006). Women’s psychoneurointracrine change at midlife: The sense of well-being.

Unpublished candidacy essay. Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA.

Gordon, S. (2006). Methodological critique of Suzanne R. Cook-Greuter’s Doctoral Dissertation:

Postautonomous ego development: A study of its nature and measurement. Unpublished candidacy

essay. Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA.


Master’s Thesis

Gordon, S. (2001). A theoretical investigation of the relationship between transpersonal self-concept and

estrogen dominance. Unpublished master’s thesis. Saybrook University, San Francisco, CA.

Theoretical research investigated the relationship between transpersonal self-concept (TS) (Friedman,

1983) and estrogen dominance (ED). A literature review supported the author’s theory that ED

facilitates a crisis of meaning and identity, psychosomatic symptoms associated with adrenal

insufficiency facilitate transpersonal growth rather than psychopathology, and natural HRT (bioidentical

progesterone/DHEA) enables change in TS. The thesis proposed a study using causal comparative

method, pretest-posttest control group design, correlational tests, and first-person methods. The author

was Principal Investigator for a small study of perimenopausal women evaluating clinical correlations

between diet, supplements, natural HRT, symptomology, and titers of active and inactive steroidal

species within a 24-hour urine aliquot to assess change in premenstrual symptomology, transpersonal

self-concept, and mid-luteal hormone levels associated with the administration of a nutritional protocol,

micronized topical progesterone cream, and oral sublingual DHEA.

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARDS

The Humanistic Psychologist, Taylor & Francis Group

PsycCritiques Contemporary Psychology, APA Review of Books

Philosophy Study, David Publishing Company

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS: American Psychological Association

Division 32 Liaison, Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP), American Psychological Association, 2015 Chair, Bylaws Revision Committee. Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32, American Psychological Association, 2013-2014. Chair, Awards Committee. Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32, American Psychological Association, 2008-present. Member-at-large, Executive Board, Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32, American Psychological Association, 2012-present. Co-chair, Hospitality Suite, Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32, 119th Annual Convention, American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL, 2012 Program Reviewer, Convention Proposals: Divs. 1 (General); 32 (Humanistic); 35 (Women); 52 (International). American Psychological Association, 2008-present


AFFILIATIONS

APA, Division 24, Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology

APA, Division 32, Humanistic Psychology

APA, Division 52, International Psychology

American Association of Naturopathic Physician

Association for Humanistic Psychology

Association for Transpersonal Psychology

Bibliothèque Francois Mitterrand

Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, Provincial Government, Guangxi, PRC

Eastern Psychological Association

Philemon Foundation

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy

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