Deborah SosinDeborah Sosin, MSW, LICSW, is a writer, editor, and licensed independent clinical social worker specializing in mindfulness and addictions. From 2004 to 2022, she was an outpatient clinician at Sameem Associates in Newton, MA. She also served s a clinical supervisor at the North Charles Institute for the Addictions, and was on the clinical faculties of the MSW programs at Boston College, Simmons College, and Boston University. A graduate of Smith College School for Social Work, Deborah holds an advanced certificate in mindfulness-based psychotherapy from the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. Her picture book, Charlotte and the Quiet Place, won several national awards. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, Cognoscenti, and numerous other publications. Deborah lives in the Greater Boston, MA, area. Read More Read Less