The Therapist's Last Session

By Tracy Ambrosio

The setting sun cast a gloomy orange glow through the blinds of Dr. Myra Cooper's office. She peered at the clock, eager to end another tiresome day treating difficult patients. Her final session had gone particularly poorly. Adam Crawford's mental state seemed to deteriorate by the week despite her efforts. 

 

"Try to get some rest this weekend, Adam," Myra said wearily. "And please, call me if you feel your compulsions worsening again."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tracy Ambrosio
• Release date: Mar 11, 2024
• ISBN: 9798223428855

Tracy Ambrosio

Tracy Ambrosio Graduated from the University of Toronto in Canada in English. Graduated in Porto at ISCAP - Instituto Superior de Contabilidade and Porto Administration, since 2007. PhD in Marketing and researcher at CEOS

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Chapter 1: A Patient's Obsession

Chapter 1 - A Patient's Obsession

The setting sun cast a gloomy orange glow through the blinds of Dr. Myra Cooper's office. She peered at the clock, eager to

end another tiresome day treating difficult patients. Her final session had gone particularly poorly. Adam Crawford's mental state seemed to deteriorate by the week despite her efforts.

Try to get some rest this weekend, Adam, Myra said wearily. And please, call me if you feel your compulsions worsening again.

Adam shuffled out without meeting her eyes. She knew he found their discussions draining, but his problems terrified her. His delusions fixated on her as the only one who could save him from nameless threats. If only he would agree to inpatient treatment.

After completing her notes, Myra stretched stiff limbs and gathered her things. The asylum-like interior of her secluded practice filled her with unease after dark. Though wealthy clients paid well, loneliness gnawed at her private life. Perhaps she worked too much and had lost touch with normalcy.

As the clocks chimed eight, Myra switched off lights and locked the front entrance. She climbed into her sedan, glad for the