So, what makes Dr. Susan Bernstein an expert on work/life transitions?

Current work

Dr. Susan Bernstein coaches over 100 people per year through major career changes. Her clients love her — see what they say. Each month, she also speaks to audiences of at least 30 people, spreading the message of trusting embodied intelligence for greater calm, clarity, and confidence.  

Prior professional work

Before launching Work from Within, Dr. Susan Bernstein worked for companies including:

• Franklin-Covey, as a corporate trainer and marketing manager
• Intel, as a performance technology analyst
• Accenture, as a strategy consultant and manager of the Advanced Business Management Program
• Pensare, a start-up, as a marketing director

See Dr. Bernstein’s LinkedIn profile for more detail.

Academic credentials

• PhD, Somatic Psychology, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, 2008
  Doctoral dissertation examined the role of embodied intelligence in major career change., Four-year research project involving depth interviews with people who left the corporate world after 10+ years of management experience to pursue a career in a healing or helping profession.
• MA, Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Somatic Psychology, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, 2004
  Clinical internship integrated somatic (mind/body) practices in counseling students and their parents in a Marin County elementary school
• MBA, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, 1994
• BA, Economics & Marketing (dual degree), University of Arizona, 1987

Affiliations

• VocationVacations affiliated coach
• Member, Association of Women MBAs