.Therapists Who Write

Helping Therapists and Others Get Published

CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

Sylvia Cary, MFT

Therapists Who Write (TWW)

PO Box 129

Woodland Hills,  CA 91365-0146

Email: sylvia@sylviacary.com

www.TherapistsWhoWrite.com

Sylvia Cary, MFT

ABOUT SYLVIA CARY, MFT

A licensed psychotherapist specializing in addiction, Cary is the author of four books, five educational videos, and dozens of articles which have appeared in national magazines (mostly on mental health topics). She was awarded the Clark Vincent Award by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to honor her literary contributions to the mental health profession.

 

Also a screenwriter, Sylvia won first prize (for features) in the 2003 Carl Sautter Memorial Scriptwriting Competition for her historical script, Peg’s War, which has been optioned by a Los Angeles production company. Since the early 1990’s, she has been writing screenplay analysis ("coverage") for a movie distribution company

 

Sylvia has taught classes on psychology, writing, and addiction, has been a repeat guest lecturer at the Betty Ford Center, and for nearly a decade was on the Advisory Board of Men's Fitness magazine as a specialist in addictive behavior.   She has been book-doctoring other writers, especially other psychotherapists, for the last decade.

 

Cary is a member of the Scriptwriters Network, Women in Film, International Writers of Southern California (IWOSC), The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and MENSA. She is married to a Danish-born computer programmer and has two adult daughters, three adult step-sons, and one overweight adult calico cat nicknamed Thud.

 

She’s no quack, that one.

“Sylvia Cary is masterful at helping writers set up and follow through with a book.  She is a magician of technique and has a clear understanding of how a book is structured. If it weren’t for Sylvia, I’m sure I never would have finished my book and found a publisher.”

— Stefanie Auerbach Stolinsky, Ph.D., author of Act It Out: 25 Expressive Ways to Heal From  Childhood Abuse, New Harbinger Publications