156 Facing Therapy

(Winona)

Dr. Barnaby Greyson, M.D., Ph.D.

Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst

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.

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

We stood up and walked into his room. “Take a seat,” he says as he sits in his huge leather office