I'm so bored.
I just have to write so I can get lovely responses. Ah, JK. But seriously, I really want to hear feedback, so...give it. :lol:
Here's Calleigh (outfit inspired by the Wonder Boots
)
Dr. Jennings sits in her swivel chair with her pen and pad of paper, in a gray suit; across from her, the third CSI patient of the second week. She wears black pants, a black button-up shirt, and black boots. She's smiling, and tapping her foot impatiently. Dr. Jennings turns on the recorder and begins the session.
Dr. Jennings: Hi Calleigh! Nice to see you again! How have you been?
Calleigh: Great. Good to see you again as well.
Dr. J: Well I thought maybe today we could talk about your dad, or Tim Spedle's death, or maybe just the lab. What do you want to talk about, though?
C: *laughs* None of those, to be frank.
Dr. J: OK. Well, what do you want to do then?
C: *sighs* Alright, alright. Either dad or Tim...
Dr. J: Whichever you wish! We just want to get through this all, but the order doesn't matter too much...although we
should start small, it is hard to discuss these things.
C: *waves hand* It's fine. I guess I'll...just talk?
Dr. J: Just talk! I'll just listen.
C: Tim and I were close, I guess. And the thing that really hurts is that... Well... how close we were, I guess. And on the day he died...
Dr. J: *takes notes* It's Ok, Calleigh.
C: *angry tone* No, it's not, actually. It's not Ok.
Dr. J: I mean it's Ok for you to be sad.
C: It doesn't feel OK.
I don't feel Ok. I feel terrible. I mean, on the day he died I was
so mad at him...at first, because, he um... he neglected to take care of something he borrowed, and I didn't...I wasn't even especially nice to him the last time I saw him.
Dr. J: You couldn't have known...
C: *leaps up* But I could have just been
nicer to him! People say you're supposed to treat each moment like it's your last, but I never was like that with Tim...it's easy for you waive it and say, "oh, Calleigh, it's Ok." You weren't there, you didn't know him!
Dr. J: No. I didn't know him. I bet he was an amazing person.
C: He was! He was and I took him for granted!
Dr. J: Calleigh, I know you're hurting, but you need to be able to forgive yourself. None of what happened was in any way your fault, there was nothing you could have done to prevent it, and you could have never known what was going to happen.
C: I bet you've never had someone you were
that close to die! It's not easy.
Dr. J: I know it isn't, sweetheart.
C: Please... please don't 'sweetheart' me. I don't even...*chuckles* I don't even let Horatio call me that.
Dr. J: Ok. Calleigh. You're right, I don't know how much you're hurting, but I can imagine. I can imagine it must be really hard, and even though I really don't know exactly what it's like, I just want to be here for you if you want to talk to me. I'm really not trying to discredit your feelings, I just want to make it clear that I understand how you're hurting, and I'm here to help you 100%. We
are going to get through this.
C: *takes deep breaths, sits down* I...I know, eventually, we...
I will.
Dr. J: I realize that
all of you miss Tim, and I think something good to do would be to have a group session...sometimes it helps to share your feelings with people you know really care about you. My feeling is it will help you all remember the
good memories you have, and feel
good, not because of what happened, but because you were blessed enough to know such a wonderful person. And it'll bring you closer as a team.
C: *sighs* What now?
Dr. J: You can talk to me more. I am here for you, I do care about you, I just feel that you
know your team cares about you and that you all might be more comfortable with that.
C: It's Ok...after today, I think I want to hold off...maybe until that...group session. It's just I haven't talked to the team...
we haven't talked about Tim...it's kind of a sore subject, so, we've ingonred it to be professional.
Dr. J: Well in here, I'm the professional, and you can all be whoever you want- just normal old people, if you like.
C: Alright. I guess I'll just go then. You'll tell us when this group session is?
Dr. J: I'll set it up. But keep coming to regular sessions. Next week, 10 pm.
C: *sighs, gets up, gathers belongings* Yeah...
Dr. J: Calleigh, if you need anything...
C: Yeah. I have your cell. *smiles a bit* I'll, um...see you next week.
Dr. J: Next week. *waves* Bye.
C: Bye.
Dr. Jennings makes some notes, turns off the recorder and notes to make plans for a group session to discuss Tim Speedle. She hopes to have individual sessions, as well as some group sessions, to help bring the group closer together and resolve the individual issues. She sighs, and leaves.
Next session: Alexx.
Whew. Well? This could have been really terrible or really good, so you know which one I'm hoping for... please please tell me about how it was. It makes it worth writing them
Tomorrow I'll write up Alexx's.
