A Manhattan psychologist who was pulled over for a traffic violation earlier this week allegedly tried to hightail it—and instead ended up dragging a cop with his vehicle. According to the Post, Mount Sinai assistant clinical Professor William Bannon Jr. was stopped after he had driven his 2007 Nissan Quest down the wrong lane on East 62nd Street near First Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. But the officer who pulled him over soon found out that stopping a shrink can be as much of a drag as going to one. more ›

Couples therapist Joyce Poster-Lederman has been barred from her Upper West Side apartment since September 29th, when she allegedly slashed her 79-year-old husband with two kitchen knives. But yesterday her lawyers convinced Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Anthony Ferrara to let her pack her knives and go home—despite the judge's initial reluctance. Defense lawyer Aaron Wallenstein insisted to Judge Ferrara that husband Selwyn Lederman, also a psychologist, wants her back. But the judge got the courtroom in stiches with his commentary. more ›

A successful psychologist specializing in couples therapy faces felony assault and weapons-possession charges for slashing her husband with two kitchen knives on September 29th. Joyce Poster-Lederman, who practices on the Upper West Side and Riverdale, allegedly cut husband Selwyn Lederman, also a psychologist, during a domestic dispute in their West 84th Street apartment. Police sources say the marriage therapist got pissed during the argument and came at Lederman with a knife in each hand. more ›

The Daily News puts Mr. Met on the psychologist's couch and tells fans to relax and just enjoy the game--and banish thoughts of last year's collapse! One sports psychologist says, "You don't want to engage in catastrophic thinking, it's not fruitful." And a psychiatrist does admit Mets are generally worry-warts, "Their depression is superimposed on their baseline dysphoria." Well, tell that to the NY Sun's Tim Marchman, who writes, "Sometimes, things are as bad as they seem to be. Sometimes, they're worse. For most of this season, the Mets' bullpen has been the former; for three weeks now, it's been the latter." more ›