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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 years old. This

"Take a seat," he says as he sits in

and a soothing earthy color palette. imagined stark, clinical walls and a

from Dr. Barnaby, the silence stretching out like

clue what to

I'd

exposed under his scrutiny as he looks from Jayden to me and back again. He nods

blurt out everything

deep and calm as he

what's brought you both here. By the media reports, you both

I stare at him.

pay me the big bucks. I wish I could say you're the worst cases I've had but sadly not. I think you're

really not sure if I should laugh or cry. Doing

hands up in the air and

Jayden starts but is

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If you knew Dr. Greyson,

my eyebrows

world, doesn't mean I don't have father

laugh at him

stops and stares right at us both in turn, his voice dead serious, "this isn't going to be easy.

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 me, and yes, he

we start, I want you both to know that this space is safe. You can say whatever you need to say without fear of judgment.

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

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