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(Winona)

Dr. Barnaby Greyson, M.D., Ph.D.

Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst

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Guiding the Minds Behind the Headlines

I hover outside his office door, reading the name over and over. This is it. My nerves are toast. My hands clammy and my heart rate like a racehorse who just finished a steeplechase.

I look at Jayden beside me and he looks exactly like I feel.

His eyes meet mine. "We got this."

I nod. "We got this."

We step inside together and a receptionist asks us to take a seat after she takes our names.

We both sit in silence. I'm sure the clock on the wall is on high volume as the seconds tick over.

Then out he steps. He's younger than I imagined. Not even any gray kissing his hair. I'm not sure he's much older than us. Maybe he has a good hair colorist and does Botox or something.

like he is actually one hundred years old.

walked into his room. "Take a seat," he says as he sits in his huge leather

earthy color palette. imagined stark, clinical walls and a hard, brown sofa for

across from Dr. Barnaby, the silence stretching out like a taut wire ready

clue what

I'd

he looks from Jayden to me and back again. He nods his head like he can see all the mess inside

I'll explode and blurt out everything at

Greyson's voice is deep and calm as

unraveling what's brought you both here. By the media reports, you both should already be

I stare at him.

"But that's why you pay me the big bucks. I wish I could say

should laugh or cry. Doing both will

He holds his hands up

starts

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me Barnaby. If you knew Dr.

my eyebrows

because I'm the best psychiatrist in the country, arguably the world, doesn't mean I don't have father issues. Sure as hell never

at him this time.

and stares right at us both in turn, his

some sign of how he's feeling. I wonder if he's as confused as I am right now. Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't this. Jayden looks at

to say without fear of judgment. But I also want to be clear-this is not a place for games or passive aggression. If we're doing

sure I'm ready

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