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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.

peering over his glasses like he is actually one hundred

a seat," he says

more luxurious than I expected in here, with plush chairs and a soothing earthy color palette. imagined stark, clinical walls and a hard,

Dr. Barnaby, the silence stretching

clue what to

I'd

and back again. He nods his head like he can see all

and blurt out everything at

Dr. Greyson's voice is deep and calm as he gets

brought you both here.

I stare at him.

huge grin takes over his staid face. "But that's why you pay me the big bucks. I wish I

I should laugh or cry. Doing both

up in the air and lowers them

starts but

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you knew

my eyebrows in

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

but laugh at him this time. Jayden

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

at Jayden, searching his face for some sign of how he's feeling. I wonder if he's as confused as I am right now. Not sure

know that this space is safe. You can say whatever you need to say without fear of judgment. But I also want to be clear-this is not a

It sounds so final, so unforgiving. I'm not sure I'm ready for that,

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