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Sue Gerhardt is a British psychoanalytic psychotherapist, born in South Africa and raised in England, who has been in private practice since 1997. Trained at the Tavistock Clinic, she is the author of Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain (2004), an influential, widely translated account of how early relationships shape the developing brain, followed by The Selfish Society (2010) and 1001 Days: How Our First Years Shape Our Lifelong Health (2025).
Sue Gerhardt is a British psychoanalytic psychotherapist, born in South Africa and raised in England, who has been in private practice since 1997. Trained at the Tavistock Clinic, she is the author of Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain (2004), an influential, widely translated account of how early relationships shape the developing brain, followed by The Selfish Society (2010) and 1001 Days: How Our First Years Shape Our Lifelong Health (2025).