Susie Fairchild is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and educator whose work integrates psychotherapy, contemplative practice and somatic awareness. She is dedicated to helping individuals, groups, and organizations cultivate greater resilience, compassion, connection, and belonging.

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Susie serves on the board and faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy and is a certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) and Self-Compassion for Shame teacher through the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. She teaches Mindful Self-Compassion at The Center for Mindfulness and Compassion at Cambridge Health Alliance, as well as MSC Core Skills and intensive retreats at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Her personal meditation practice spans more than three decades, primarily within the Insight tradition.

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Over the years, Susie has collaborated with healthcare systems, universities, and organizations including Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, the Providence VA, the Bedford VA, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, the China-Canada Mindfulness Association, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and MassBay Community College.

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Her professional training includes Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT), Somatic Self-Compassion, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and advanced training in ketamine and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. She continues to deepen her learning through ongoing study in contemplative practice, somatic and expressivee arts,  and relational approaches to healing.