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Leigh McCullough ; Short-term Therapy for Long-Term Change (Norton Professional Books).

Leigh McCullough PhD, was an Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Psychotherapy Research Program at Harvard's Beth Israel.

Leigh McCullough (June 5, – June 7, ) was an American psychotherapist, researcher, educator, and the pioneer of short-term dynamic psychotherapy.

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Changing Character: Short-term Anxiety-regulating Psychotherapy For Restructuring Defenses, Affects, And Attachment.

Leigh McCullough (June 5, – June 7, ) was an American psychotherapist, researcher, educator, and the pioneer of short-term dynamic psychotherapy..

Leigh McCullough

Leigh McCullough (June 5, 1945 – June 7, 2012)^[1] was an American psychotherapist, researcher, educator, and the pioneer of short-term dynamic psychotherapy (STDP).

Her treatment model focused on the learned fears of experiencing certain emotions, or what she called affect phobias.

Early and personal life

McCullough was born Mary Lee Colson on June 5, 1945, in Kingsville, Texas.

She was the daughter of James Melbourne Colson Jr. (1919–2005) and his wife, Lena White Miller Colson (1921–2012). She had two siblings, James Melbourne Colson III and Douglas Steven Colson.

On August 29, 1964, in Pass Christian, Mississippi, she married Robert Milton Hudspeth.

Leigh McCullough passed away on June 7, , after suffering for several years with ALS. Two days after turning 67, with her closest family around her.

She married George Vaillant on December 4, 1993, in Washington, Connecticut. It was her third marriage. Her fourth marriage in 2005 was to John Roosevelt Boettiger, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. She had a daughter, Kelly McCullough, with her first husband, and a son, Scott Hudspe