Dr. Susan Winfield has a Doctorate in Psychodynamic Child Psychology and Psychotherapy. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a certified Integrative Body Psychotherapist, an educator and speaker with two decades of private practice experience in Los Angeles. 

As an Integrative Body Psychotherapist, Dr. Winfield aims to understand and explore the impacts of one’s earliest relational experiences on a person’s sense of self and their interpersonal relationships. Dr. Winfield’s work weaves together clinical expertise, somatic practices, analytic theories, and insight from her lived experiences. She offers a unique perspective that informs and empowers clients to promote their own healing using a holistic approach addressing the whole person.

Dr. Winfield has expertise in the psychology and physiology around women’s chronic pelvic and vaginal pain issues. In her research, she identified a condition, which she named “Vaginal Pelvic Holding Syndrome”™ (VPHS). In her practice, she helps women understand the onset of this condition to help them work through the emotional and physiological aspects of their pain. 

As a professor and speaker, Dr. Winfield lectures on complex trauma, gender and human sexuality, early childhood and adolescent development, couples therapy and psychological theories. She has traveled nationally to present on integrative approaches to female health issues and mind-body well-being.