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Article: Tony Soprano is a hit with therapist; Counseling center director likes efforts of HBO series character to seek help.(Capital Region)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- July 21, 2006
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Byline: MATT PACENZA Staff Writer
SCOTIA - Before it became a cultural touchstone, "The Sopranos" was just another wacky idea for a TV drama. Who would believe that a violent mobster would seek out talk therapy?
Here's another hard-to-believe one: The executive director of a local, God-centered counseling center draws inspiration from that violent mobster.
David Olsen, chief of the Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region, has no apologies for his appreciation for "The Sopranos," the HBO drama that is poised to begin its seventh and final season.
"It's quite profound," said Olsen, who works at the Scotia headquarters of ...