Susan Block
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Susan Block Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Sexologist, author, filmmaker, therapist, cable TV talk show host, cultural commentator |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Known for | HBO television specials on philosophy of ethical hedonism and sexology |
Susan Block, also known as Dr. Susan Block and Dr. Suzy, is an American sex therapist, author, filmmaker, cable TV talk show host, and cultural commentator. She is perhaps best known for her television specials on HBO. She is the founder and director of The Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences.
Block is also known for her philosophy of ethical hedonism and The Bonobo Way, as well as her writings on sex, love, politics, and culture in Alternet,The Ecologist,Perfect 10, the New Haven Advocate,LA Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Metro, The Brentwood Bla Bla, Beverly Hills, The Magazine, and her own publications Dr. Susan Block's Journal, The Cannes Bla Bla and her weblog, Bloggamy.
Block is also known for her bacchanalian celebrations attended by couples and other participants, as well as her Internet, TV and radio shows featuring professors and porn stars, erotic art exhibitions, sex educational salons, seminars and other events at the Dr. Susan Block Institute for the Erotic Arts & Sciences, a.k.a. Dr. Suzy's Speakeasy in Los Angeles. Block, although she has no formal license or certification in the field, is also a self-proclaimed sex therapist in private practice and works with clients from all over the world, using her therapy techniques to deal with various sexual problems, both in person and over the telephone. Her "sex therapy" is available 24 hours a day, and some of the "therapy" is provided by collaborating porn stars.
Block was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, an honors student at Harriton High School, recipient of the DAR Award, President of the Philadelphia Model United Nations and Editor-in-Chief of the Harriton Forum student newspaper which she renamed the Harriton Free Forum (the name stuck for over 20 years). She was accepted into Yale University in 1973, graduated from Yale magna cum laude, majoring in Theater Studies, in 1977. She received her masters and doctorate degrees in philosophy from Pacific Western University (now called California Miramar University) in 1991, a school without regional accreditation, and wrote her doctoral thesis on “Being A Woman: A Philosophical Analysis of the Four Aspects of Female Psychology According to Toni Wolff.” In 2011 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.
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