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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

and walked into his room. "Take a seat," he says

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

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

have no clue what to

I'd

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

and blurt out everything at

Greyson's voice is deep and calm as he

you both here. By the media reports, you both should already be

I stare at him.

you pay me the big bucks. I wish I

should laugh or cry.

holds his hands up in the

Jayden starts but is

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you knew Dr.

raise my eyebrows

world, doesn't mean I don't have father issues. Sure as hell never going to be one myself. That parenting shit

but laugh at him this time. Jayden

laugh together until Barnaby stops and stares right at us both in turn, his

of how he's feeling. I wonder if he's as confused as I am right now. Not

say whatever you need to say without fear of judgment. But I also want to be clear-this is

at the word "brutal." It sounds so final, so unforgiving. I'm not sure I'm ready for that, but then again, when have I

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