Susan Quilliam
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Susan Quilliam is an agony aunt and author
noted for bringing systemic psychology to a mass (and generally low-brow) audience. Her areas of expertise include: love, sex, personal psychology, medico-sexual psychology and body language. She came most recently to the fore, both in the US and in the UK, for her reinvention of the classic sex manual The Joy of Sex
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in 1950, Quilliam gained her Psychology degree at the University of Liverpool
followed by a PGCE
. She then taught English in secondary schools for several years before moving to London to work in publishing.
. She also co-presents a weekly radio programme, 'Sex in the City' with Jim Davis on LBC 97.3, and provides patient advice on five further medical websites dealing with erectile dysfunction, pre-menstrual syndrome and cervical cancer. Over the course of each year, Quilliam receives up to 25,000 letters through her combined columns. She is author of 20 books on love and sex published in 30 counties and 21 languages; three of her books have been written for Relate and The Samaritans, with whom she works closely.
Quilliam's academic involvement focusses on the psychology of intimate relationships. As well as being Consumer Correspondent for the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, she is a regular speaker at national and international academic conferences. She sits on the following advisory boards: Editorial Committee Journal of Family Planning; Primary Care Erectile Dysfunction Society; National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome; Women’s Health Concern; Sensational Sex in 7 Easy Steps; Jo's Trust (cervical cancer support). She is also on the Levitra Global Advisory Board on erectile dysfunction.
Quilliam broadcasts regularly on television, including BBC Breakfast News, and co-presented the series Compatibility Test for UKT. She also acted as on-screen psychologist to Celebrity Wife Swap The Aftermath on E4. On radio, in addition to her weekly two hour-long programme, answering listeners' calls for LBC 97.3, she also makes regular contributions to the BBC World Service, Woman's Hour and the Chris Evans show, among many others.
Quilliam writes and comments regularly for major British newspapers and magazines plus several US publications. Recent press work includes comments and features for: The Times; Sunday Times; Observer; Express; Daily Mail; London Evening Standard; You magazine; Chicago Herald Tribune; Ottawa Sun; Glamour magazine; Cosmopolitan (UK, US); FHM (UK, US); Men's Health (UK, US); New Woman (UK, Aus).
Quilliam is a media commentator for Relate. She also comments, advises and campaigns for a number of other charities dealing with relationship and sexual problems.
Quilliam consults regularly for PR and advertising agencies as an expert psychologist . Recent work includes: spokeswoman for Twentieth Century Fox's 'Bridewars' launch, consultancy for Tesco Healthcare; campaigns for Nintendo, the Lumines II, Royal Mail, Lloyd's TSB and Barclaycard., as well as for a number of pharmaceutical products. Many of Quilliam's PR consultancy achieves worldwide coverage, and in 2005-6, her work won both PR Week Award for Campaign of the Year and PR Week Award for Ethical Health Care.
Author
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noted for bringing systemic psychology to a mass (and generally low-brow) audience. Her areas of expertise include: love, sex, personal psychology, medico-sexual psychology and body language. She came most recently to the fore, both in the US and in the UK, for her reinvention of the classic sex manual The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex is an illustrated sex manual by Alex Comfort, M.B., Ph.D., first published in 1972. An updated edition was released in September, 2008.-Overview:...
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Early life and education
Born in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
in 1950, Quilliam gained her Psychology degree at the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
followed by a PGCE
PGCE
PGCE can stand for:* Postgraduate Certificate in Education, an English, Welsh and Northern Irish teacher-training qualification that includes master's credits...
. She then taught English in secondary schools for several years before moving to London to work in publishing.
Recent career
Since 1996, Quilliam has been agony aunt for that's life magazine. Most recently, Quilliam came to the fore both in the US and UK for her reinvention of the classic sex manual The Joy of SexThe Joy of Sex
The Joy of Sex is an illustrated sex manual by Alex Comfort, M.B., Ph.D., first published in 1972. An updated edition was released in September, 2008.-Overview:...
. She also co-presents a weekly radio programme, 'Sex in the City' with Jim Davis on LBC 97.3, and provides patient advice on five further medical websites dealing with erectile dysfunction, pre-menstrual syndrome and cervical cancer. Over the course of each year, Quilliam receives up to 25,000 letters through her combined columns. She is author of 20 books on love and sex published in 30 counties and 21 languages; three of her books have been written for Relate and The Samaritans, with whom she works closely.
Quilliam's academic involvement focusses on the psychology of intimate relationships. As well as being Consumer Correspondent for the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, she is a regular speaker at national and international academic conferences. She sits on the following advisory boards: Editorial Committee Journal of Family Planning; Primary Care Erectile Dysfunction Society; National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome; Women’s Health Concern; Sensational Sex in 7 Easy Steps; Jo's Trust (cervical cancer support). She is also on the Levitra Global Advisory Board on erectile dysfunction.
Quilliam broadcasts regularly on television, including BBC Breakfast News, and co-presented the series Compatibility Test for UKT. She also acted as on-screen psychologist to Celebrity Wife Swap The Aftermath on E4. On radio, in addition to her weekly two hour-long programme, answering listeners' calls for LBC 97.3, she also makes regular contributions to the BBC World Service, Woman's Hour and the Chris Evans show, among many others.
Quilliam writes and comments regularly for major British newspapers and magazines plus several US publications. Recent press work includes comments and features for: The Times; Sunday Times; Observer; Express; Daily Mail; London Evening Standard; You magazine; Chicago Herald Tribune; Ottawa Sun; Glamour magazine; Cosmopolitan (UK, US); FHM (UK, US); Men's Health (UK, US); New Woman (UK, Aus).
Quilliam is a media commentator for Relate. She also comments, advises and campaigns for a number of other charities dealing with relationship and sexual problems.
Quilliam consults regularly for PR and advertising agencies as an expert psychologist . Recent work includes: spokeswoman for Twentieth Century Fox's 'Bridewars' launch, consultancy for Tesco Healthcare; campaigns for Nintendo, the Lumines II, Royal Mail, Lloyd's TSB and Barclaycard., as well as for a number of pharmaceutical products. Many of Quilliam's PR consultancy achieves worldwide coverage, and in 2005-6, her work won both PR Week Award for Campaign of the Year and PR Week Award for Ethical Health Care.