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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.

at us, peering over his glasses like he is actually one hundred years old. This is

up and walked into his room. "Take a seat," he says as he sits in his huge leather office

soothing earthy color palette. imagined stark, clinical walls and

from Dr. Barnaby, the silence

have no clue what to

I'd

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

blurt out everything at

Greyson's voice is deep and calm as he gets

process of unraveling what's brought you both here. By the media reports, you both should

I stare at him.

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

should laugh or cry. Doing both will

up in the air and lowers

Greyson..." Jayden starts

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If you knew Dr. Greyson, my father, you'd

my eyebrows in

the best psychiatrist in the country, arguably the world, doesn't mean I don't have father issues. Sure as hell never going to

at

right at us both in turn, his voice dead serious,

am right now. Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't this. Jayden looks at me, and

to know that this space is safe. You can say whatever you need to say without fear of judgment.

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

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