As you may know, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Did you know 1 in 4 women will experience relationship violence in their lifetime? One in four! (Why aren’t we talking about this more? I’m out to change that.) But first: What are...
Eating disorders affect more than 30 million people in the United States; millions more have disordered eating or related issues. From emotional eating, to body image issues, to orthorexia (a fixation on “clean” eating), to diagnosed Anorexia...
It’s Thanksgiving week, which got me thinking about things I’m thankful for, which got me thinking about gratitude. How many times have you heard that practicing gratitude is the secret to a happy life? If you’re like me, your social media pages are flooded this week...
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...
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...
Do you feel stressed out? Anxious? Is it hard for you to relax? Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep? Feel panicky sometimes? Heart racing? Hard to take a deep breath? Does all this make it hard for you to function the way you’d like to?...
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...
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...
The horror at Sandy Hook Elementary is 5 days in the past as I write this. I’ve heard it called “a 9-11 moment,” and that rings true. A sacred line has been crossed, the unthinkable has happened. Our collective innocence, not just that of the Sandy Hook children, has...