Therapist Dialogue #3

Doctor

[speaking]you've just ended a long relationship, is that correct?

Barbra

Yeah, it was just one of those things...

Doctor

One of those bells?

Barbra

Yeah, that now and then rings!

Doctor

Have you ever been in therapy before?

Barbra

Have i ever been in therapy before? well, before my last two doctors, i was into bioenergetics and biofeedback and now i'm really fascinated by "jung", you know, the collective unconsc

The archetypal triangle father/mother/child, that all comes down to that, doesn't it?

Doctor

Yes, it does...i would think all the different types of therapy must have must have been very confusing...

Barbra

Yeah, with all the transference and conter-transference.

Sometimes i don't know whether i'm the patient or the doctor!

Barbra

-hello!

-who are you?

-i'm dr. lowenstein!

-what kind of show do i have to put on for you?

-what's bothering you?

-i don't know!

-can you tell anything good about your parents?

-are you crazy?

-so you feel that your mother betrayed you?

-doctor, about the cigarettes...

-you're changing the subject again!

-who are you?

-my name is melinda!

-i beg your pardon!

-no, we still have a few moments!

-do you guys still work on commission?

-i charge u$150 an hour!

-are you crazy?

-no, no, i'm normal, i swear!

-i don't know what normal is!

-good!

-we're on the right track!

-time's up!

-did i do all right?

-you can go now!

-so long, doctor!

-see you later!



Barbra

I don't care if you're the patient or the doctor, relationships are difficult to have. i guess the only good thing about unrequited love is that it's been the inspiration for some of the greates

Gs ever written. like this next song by harold arlen and ira gershwin.


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