Why We Suffer and How We Heal - The Three Keys to Flourishing Through Life's Challenges

Dr Suzan Song is a Harvard- and Stanford trained child and adult psychiatrist whose work focuses on individuals affected by adversity across the world. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists'' Catchers in the Rye Humanitarian Award. Dr Song serves as director of the Division of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry and professor of psychiatry at George Washington University. She serves on task forces with the world''s experts on the mental health of people in humanitarian settings. Dr Song frequently lends her expertise to the media and has been a keynote/guest speaker at prestigious venues such as Google, Nike and Toyota.>

About the author

Dr Suzan Song is a Harvard- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist, humanitarian researcher and adviser. For more than two decades, she has dedicated her work on building resilience in individuals and communities affected by adversity – from everyday struggles to the world’s most challenging environments of war and human trafficking. Dr Song has advised the United Nations, multiple U.S. federal agencies and Ministries of Health, shaping systems of care for children and families in crisis to bridge clinical innovation with systems reform. She has a private practice in Washington D.C., is a professor of psychiatry at George Washington University and a sought-after speaker on leadership resilience, systems change and the science of healing. Her mission is to bridge clinical reality and systemic change, bringing the lessons of human survival into leadership, policy and programmes that can transform lives at scale.

Product details

• Authors: Suzan Song
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.02.2026
• EAN: 9781846047602
• ISBN: 978-1-84604-760-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Healing / General, SELF-HELP / Self-Management / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healing, SELF-HELP / Emotions, Self-help & personal development, positive psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, HEALTH & FITNESS / Mental Health, Coping with / advice about mental health issues