Kardashian curves: M&S launches £28 bodysuit with exaggerated hip padding The ‘hip boost’ aims to create hourglass silhouette, much like Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand’s padded shorts The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Weight-loss drugs do nothing to address the troubled relationships we have with our bodies The food, beauty and pharmaceutical industries poison our self-image. GLP-1 drugs will only make them richer – and strengthen the hold they have over us, says psychotherapist Susie Orbach The Guardian - UK · Jan 18
‘A 360 turn’: concern as fashion shows feature fewer plus-size models Vogue report finds fall in number of ‘curve’ models, while widespread use of weight-loss drugs credited with normalising thinness The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025
Freud Museum faces call for inquiry over bullying and board misconduct claims Writers and academics urge charities regulator to investigate ‘serious issues’ with London institution The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2025
The Charity Commission must amend its report on Kids Company Letter: This week’s judicial review should bring justice for the late charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh, write Chris Martin, Joanna Lumley, Joy Madeiros, Susie Orbach, Rowan Williams and Alan Yentob The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025
Questions to ask yourself … for a more meaningful life Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and author Susie Orbach on how to make a life full of substance and sustenance The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025
Penis envy, the Oedipus complex and authentic paths to meaning: 25 writers, from Siri Hustvedt to Colm Toibin, reflect on Freud’s legacy One of the more appealing customs of psychoanalysis is that analysts must be analysed. If you are going to put others on the couch you should lie on it first yourself. That way your psychic wrinkles can be identified – maybe even ironed out – before you are let loose… The Conversation · Dec 11, 2024
Frederick Crews obituary Provocative but witty literary critic known for his satirical Winnie the Pooh essays and his opposition to Freudianism The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024
No, it’s not all your mother’s fault! And 10 other myths about going to therapy, busted From talking about sex to making you lie down: top practitioners on what’s true and what’s not The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024
The Crown claims Diana was addicted to drama and scandal – but is the condition real? In season six of Netflix’s royal epic, Diana’s therapist advises her to step away from her affair with Dodi Fayed, calling the adrenaline she gets from the chaotic relationship ‘addictive’. Charlotte Cripps, who thrives on intensity herself, takes a look at how genuine drama addiction really is The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023
‘A call to action to love ourselves’: how women in their 50s can leave the shadows As roles and circumstances change, women in their 50s can look inwards and find a deep acceptance of themselves The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2023
Are Jonah Hill’s texts really ‘therapy speak’? I asked a therapist Words such as ‘boundaries’ have become common parlance, but at what cost to our relationships, asks author Daisy Jones The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023
Susie Orbach: ‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’ The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Weight Watchers wins when our diets fail – it won’t change society’s broken thinking around food The diet industry benefits if you become a customer for life: its profits soar with our failures, says psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and social critic Susie Orbach The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023 It’s time to rethink modern masculinity Letters: Masculinity is a construct that can be imagined, reimagined and reshaped over generations – it is not toxic in itself, writes Rob Garfield. Plus letters from Cahal McLaughlin and Miles Doubleday
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023 We are all vulnerable: that’s where a new conversation about masculinity begins The likes of Andrew Tate want to return to an imagined idyll in gender relations. It would be a disaster for everyone, says psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023 Cate Blanchett’s Tár is an abusive boss, but her story has much to tell us about feminism too Beyond the superficial row, there is a debate to be had about progress, pitfalls, and a character who seems emblematic of her generation, says psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach
Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022 Margot Robbie’s rib cage and the return of skinny Though in recent years it seemed like progress was being made, body fascism never truly went away says Alexandra Jones