The Talk (About Sexual Harassment and Assault)

The Talk (About Sexual Harassment and Assault)

The summer I was 13, I was sexually assaulted in a hotel lobby. My little sister sat in the booth across from me as we colored. The hotel clerk, who’d chatted my family up the day before, came over to our table and asked if he could show us how to draw something. He...
Meet Cindy!

Meet Cindy!

Please welcome Cindy Martin, the new part-time Administrative Assistant at Wolcott Psychotherapy Associates. When you call or email for an appointment, Cindy is the skillful and kind person who will contact you. She abides by HIPAA standards and will honor and protect...
How to Spot — and Handle — a Sociopath

How to Spot — and Handle — a Sociopath

Ted Bundy. Jeffrey Dahlmer. Danny Rolling. Jim Jones. David Koresh. Charles Manson. Hannibal Lecter. Aileen Wuornos. Norman Bates. Names you probably think of  — real and fiction — when you hear the word “sociopath”. But did you know that we ­cross paths with...
The Essential Five

The Essential Five

A client asked me to read When Good People Have Affairs, by Mira Kirshenbaum. It’s a great book and I’ve already recommended it to a couple people. It’s unusual in that it’s written for, and from the point of view of, the person having the affair...