Sue Gerhardt was born in Durban, South Africa in 1953 but grew up in England.
She was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge where she first got interested in politics, campaigning successfully with other students for women to be given places in the previously single sex men's colleges. After achieving a degree in English Literature, she went on to acquire an M.A. degree and qualified as a documentary director at the National Film and Television School.
Sue's career has included working in a community law centre in Tottenham, London and being a documentary film director. Since 1997, she has been a practising psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Alongside her work with individuals, she co-founded a charity in 1998, the Oxford Parent Infant Project(OXPIP), to provide psychotherapeutic help for parents to relate to their babies. The charity is well established and continues to help numerous families in Oxfordshire.
Sue has two grown up children and lives in Oxford.