I tried not to think too much about our fight, but it seemed no matter how hard I tried, something always reminded me. A lifetime movie of the week. A Hallmark commercial. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And my client, Dina. Dina came to our session prepared with her journal, a notebook with Zach Efron on its cover. Missy loves to make fun of Zach Efron, and I love to listen to her make fun of Zach Efron. I reviewed her journal, hoping for some epiphany as to why Dina couldn’t get over her friend Christine’s betrayal. The journal didn’t give me any new information. In fact, instead of using it to write her thoughts and feelings, she chose to use it as a way to track her food intake, exercise, and weight. Not what I had been expecting at all. I told her that I expected something more for next session and listened yet again to her complain about Christine. I kept my argument with Missy to myself, not sharing our fallout with Caleb. I don’t know why I didn’t say anything. As my boyfriend, he should be the person I went to for comfort, the person to help me figure out what I have to do to make things right between us.
