It’s one of the craft’s comforts that you can bounce back inquiries from patients about what you think or feel and hide behind a wall of detachment. The trouble is, I’m not sure I could answer the questions even if it were allowed. Whenever I was in therapy myself—which we were encouraged to be, ...
Drifting clouds sheltered the sun, and the breeze was cool on her face. She’d used Yao’s illicit dollars for a flight from Hong Kong to Washington, changing in Chicago, and booked a cheap hotel off Connecticut Avenue. Now, for the first time in days, the muscle ache in her shoulders had eased. Fo...