In Rethinking Female Sociopathy, Part One, I went through a comprehensive list of sociopathic traits based on psychologists Hervey Cleckley‘s and Robert Hare’s psychopathy checklists. For every single item mentioned, I can think of a real life example that every one of my clients has suffered. Are these men’s wives, girlfriends and exes sociopaths? Maybe, […]
Rethinking Female Sociopathy, Part One
People hear the word sociopath and it conjures up images of Charles Manson, Bernie Madoff, and other serial killers, hucksters and con artists. Yes, these individuals are sociopaths, but they’re extreme and obvious ones. Most sociopaths don’t reach the notoriety of Manson and Madoff. Even so, sociopathy is far more common than we like to […]