Ex-stripper psychotherapy license probed
The Associated Press
Last Updated 5:33 pm PST Friday, February 25, 2005
BOSTON (AP) - An ex-stripper who once strutted her stuff as Princess Cheyenne in Boston's "Combat Zone" is under investigation by the state for allegedly practicing psychotherapy without a license.
Lucy Wightman, who performed at the Naked i in Boston in the 1970s and 80s and later at the Foxy Lady in Providence, R.I., allegedly saw patients at South Shore Psychology Associates, located in Hingham before it moved to Norwell.
OAS_AD('Button20');State investigators "are looking to determine if there is sufficient evidence to bring a criminal complaint for unlicensed practice," said Chris Goetcheus, a spokesman for the state Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, which licenses psychologists.
WFXT-TV of Boston first aired a story Sunday about Wightman's psychotherapy practice. She told the station's reporter that she was a psychologist.
State law requires practicing psychologists and social workers to be licensed, but not psychotherapists.
Wightman is listed as a manager of South Shore Psychology Associates LLC, founded in 2000, state records show. A Web site says the office provides services ranging from anger management to obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment.
Thursday, a paper sign on the office window in Norwell advertised "South Shore Psychotherapy Associates" and "South Shore Neurofeedback Associates." An employee in a nearby office told a reporter from The Patriot Ledger of Quincy that the name recently was changed.
Seven other mental health professionals share the office with Wightman, a directory indicated.
Wightman did not respond to a phone message left at her office Friday. Her home telephone number and address were not listed.
Wightman was briefly engaged to singer Cat Stevens in the mid-1970s, The Patriot Ledger reported. She turned to body building in the 1990s, winning a state title in a 1993 competition. In 2000 and 2001, she worked as an intern for the
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