Tag: therapist

  • The Therapist

    For whatever reason, the therapist’s office looked familiar as soon as I walked in.  Up until that very moment, I had been under the impression I had never been to therapy before in my life.  My parents had never been ones to share their feelings very often and in return, neither did I.  But there…

  • A Good Conversation

    “I always loved a good conversation until I met Theodore.  He was the only one who was able to make me uncomfortable with myself and with the truth.”  I didn’t want to look at my therapist because I wasn’t sure what she was going to say.  Sometimes I wondered if she either liked me or essential…

  • The Doctor’s Office

    I had been in Dr. Hudson’s office so many times, I could walk through the entire office blindfolded and not run into anything. It wasn’t until I was thinking about reducing the number of times a month, I visited Dr. Hudson when he realized he was making subtle changes to his office. And I was…

  • Flashing Lights

    “Is everything supposed to go dark?”  I asked as I sat down on the too large sofa.  Today was my first time seeing a counselor and all the lights had just gone dark.  I began to shake my legs when it seemed to take a beat for Dr. Craig to answer.  “Everything is fine.”  Dr. Craig’s voice came from behind her…

  • Sincere

    “There was not an ounce of sincerity in his apology,” I told my therapist.  “There was nothing.  I don’t believe anything he told me.”  I took a deep breath before I continued.  I wasn’t sure how much to tell her because I honestly don’t know how much I trusted her.  I had not written down…