Scene one. Therapist, Buffy, pretty dark Persian female, 27, talks with bearded Orthodox Jew, 42.<\/p>\n
Therapist: “Do you want to connect with me?”<\/p>\n
Luke: “Wouldn’t that be unprofessional? You won’t even tell me if you’re Jewish. How can I connect with you if you won’t tell me anything about yourself?”<\/p>\n
Therapist: “I feel like I’m a wall you just throw stuff up against. You lie on the couch and you look up the ceiling and you rarely engage me in eye contact. I rarely feel like you are talking to me.”<\/p>\n
Luke: “I thought that was how therapy was supposed to be.”<\/p>\n
Buffy: “You’re supposed to connect with your therapist.”<\/p>\n
Luke: “Oh. I feel silly. After six months of this, now I realize I’m supposed to connect with my therapist. How do I connect with you without crossing boundaries?”<\/p>\n
Buffy: “Well, you could look at me. You could engage with me. You could respond to me.”<\/p>\n
Luke: “Oh. I think I’d like to try this.”<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Buffy: “I saw you walking down Robertson Blvd the other day. I almost stopped and said hi but wasn’t sure if that would freak you out.”<\/p>\n
Luke: “It wouldn’t freak me out. Feel free!”<\/p>\n
“So could we have coffee when my therapy is done?”<\/p>\n
Buffy: “No. I can’t have dual relationships. Who knows? I might see you again as a client some day when I go into private practice.”<\/p>\n
Luke: “Oh. I thought when you said you thought about stopping and saying hi to me on the street that you’d be open to coffee.”<\/p>\n
Buffy: “No.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scene one. Therapist, Buffy, pretty dark Persian female, 27, talks with bearded Orthodox Jew, 42. Therapist: “Do you want to connect with me?” Luke: “Wouldn’t that be unprofessional? You won’t even tell me if you’re Jewish. How can I connect … Continue reading