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156 Facing Therapy

(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.

his glasses like he is

a seat," he

earthy color palette. imagined stark, clinical walls and a

Barnaby, the silence stretching out like

no clue what to

I'd

Jayden to me and back again. He nods his head like he can

explode and blurt out everything

is deep and calm as

brought you both here. By the media reports,

I stare at him.

why you pay me the big bucks. I

should laugh or cry. Doing both will likely

He holds his hands up in the air

starts but

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you knew Dr. Greyson,

my

best psychiatrist 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 parenting shit

but laugh at

both in turn, his voice dead serious, "this isn't

stop laughing and glance 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 what I was expecting but it wasn't this. Jayden looks at me, and yes, he is just as thrown

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

not sure I'm ready for that, but then

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