Susanna Abse is Director of The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships. Before training as a psychotherapist she worked with for many years with troubled adolescents. She is a full member of the Society of Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists and past Vice Chair.

She was Programme Leader at TCCR for the MA in the Psychoanalytic Study of the Couple Relationship between 2001-2005. Currently, she is developing a new intervention which aims to diminish destructive inter-parental conflict over parenting styles and issues. She has published several practice papers on work with couples and lectures and teaches on a range of related subjects.