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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.

nods at us, peering over his glasses like he is actually

into his room. "Take a seat," he says as he sits

in here, with plush chairs and a soothing earthy color palette. imagined stark, clinical walls and a hard, brown sofa for

sit down across from Dr. Barnaby, the silence stretching out

no clue

I'd

his scrutiny as he looks from Jayden to me and back again. He nods his head like he

and blurt out everything at

Greyson's voice is deep and calm as he

both here. By the media

I stare at him.

bucks. I wish I could say

I should laugh or cry. Doing

up

Jayden starts but

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Barnaby. If you knew Dr.

raise my

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

at him this time. Jayden does

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

as confused as I am right now. Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't this. Jayden looks at me, and yes, he is just as thrown

whatever you need 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 this, we need honesty. Brutal, uncomfortable

final, so unforgiving. I'm not sure I'm ready for that, but then again, when have I ever been ready

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