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

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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.

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