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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: susan.gordon@snet.net
sgordon@nu.edu
susan.gordon.phd@gmail.com
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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