Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D., MSW, is a Jungian analyst educated in Zurich, Switzerland, with nearly 40 years of experience as a certified analyst. Her work centers Jungian analysis, symbolic life, and the long psychological consequences of family patterning, including father-daughter wounding, the absent father, narcissism, imposter syndrome, aging, and the puella archetype.

Schwartz has authored seven books and numerous journal articles and book chapters. Her publications include Girl Unfolding: A Jungian Exploration of the Puella Archetype, Father Desire, Father Wounds: The Absent Father Effect on Daughters, The Imposter Syndrome and the As-If Personality in Analytical Psychology, and The Tragedy of Isolation and Intimacy: A Jungian Analysis of the Narcissism of the Self. Her forthcoming 2026 title Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons: A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic extends this line of work into father-son psychology.

She has presented workshops and lectures for local, national, community, and professional organizations, and her scholarship continues to explore the intersection of Jungian analytical psychology with contemporary personal and cultural life.