Susan J. Elliott, J.D.,M.Ed. is the creator of the Getting Past Your Breakup Program, where many classic breakup techniques originated, which includes courses, groups, seminars and workshops, the voice of the Mean Lady Talking Podcast, a successful media commentator, a successful attorney and the author of the GPYB books.

Life Experience: As a child, she was given up to the foster care system and at the age of 8 was adopted into an abusive, alcoholic home. Later in life, her world came crashing down when her very toxic marriage ended and she was forced to face her unresolved losses, low self-esteem, raging codependency and overwhelming attachment and abandonment issues. She had PTSD from being in abusive relationships for so long. She was treated for trauma and clinical depression, which led her to seek help from a variety of sources, heal her wounds, build a new life as a single, working mother, become a therapist and an attorney, and find real love with the most wonderful man.

Professional Experience:
She has dedicated the past 25 years to writing, teaching, recording, and speaking, as well as consulting on media projects to help others find their way from horrific heartbreak to a fabulous new life.

Though many others hold themselves out as “breakup experts,” she is one of the few who has true bonafides: the personal experience, the education, the publications.

The GPYB program was the first to put many concepts together as THE plan for healing a broken heart. Elliott has done many speaking engagements, has had much media exposure as well as over 25 years of field experience with women, men, couples and families. Her personal experience, professional experience and education is unparalleled. She is THE relationship and breakup expert.

Her groundbreaking work on the interplay between unresolved grief and difficulty ending relationships has helped thousands of people let go of a bad situation and find their way to happiness after heartache. She is credited with identifying “grief recycling” during breakup grief, popularizing the concept of “no contact,” and developing a wide range of substantive exercises (available in the books and the workbook) to heal the past, build a healthy present and plan for a happy future.

Though GPYB is designed to help anyone going through a breakup, she specializes in working with people with attachment disorders, former partners of the personality disordered and domestic violence victims.

Media Experience:Elliott is a media commentator who has appeared on national and local (NYC) television, local, national and international radio, and has been featured in numerous publications. She has consulted on numerous media projects and has consulted with other authors, mental health and legal professionals.

Education: She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Mount Holyoke College where she graduated with High Honors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa; a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology from Cambridge College; and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley. She is licensed to practice law in the state and federal courts of New York and Texas, but does divorce coaching in all 50 states and in Canada. She counsels people from around the world via Zoom video sessions though she keeps her client list small and it often closes, sometimes for years at a time.

Please email her HERE to inquire about the podcast, counseling, workshop offerings, boot camps, legal representation (either as an attorney or divorce coach), for an interview or speaking engagement.