About SuEllen Hamkins

SuEllen Hamkins, M.D., after twelve years as the psychiatrist for Smith College, now has a private practice in Northampton, Massachusetts, specializing in women's mental health. SuEllen is the mother of two daughters, ages 12 and 17, and raising them has been the most thrilling and rewarding work of her life.

Aware that the world offers both opportunities and challenges for mothers and girls, SuEllen reached out to other mothers and daughters beginning in her girls' infancies, ultimately becoming one of the founding mothers of the Mother-Daughter Project. Bringing the empowering, nurturing and joyful message of the Project to other mothers and daughters is her calling.

SuEllen lives with her husband, Jay Indik, and daughters in western Massachusetts, where they love to swim outdoors, cross country ski, shoe snow, dance, cook and lounge around in the living room, reading.