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    The Psychologist
    The Psychologist
    The Psychologist
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    The Psychologist

    By Wayne Mansfield

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    When Caleb arrives at the psychologist’s office, he doesn’t know what to expect. He carries with him thirty-two years of troubles, which he is desperate to rid himself of. Yet at the end of the first session, it appears he has another desire. A forbidden desire he has no right to expect to become reality.

    As the sessions continue, they are peppered with extremely unorthodox methods which only add fuel to the flame that something might happen between them. And while the therapy sessions appear to be having their desired effect, Caleb begins to wonder if he’s having any effect on the handsome psychologist.

    Something tells him he is. But isn’t it forbidden for a mental health professional to have romantic attachments to their clients? Does Caleb have that certain something that will make the psychologist break the rules which keep him employed? Or is Caleb doomed to have his heart broken yet again?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateJan 26, 2019
    ISBN9781634868242
    The Psychologist
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    Wayne Mansfield

    Wayne Mansfield is a Western Australian writer. He has been writing for nine years and has been published in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Additionally, he wrote a monthly erotic story for the German publications Macho and Dreamboys for two years. His novellas and stories usually have a horror, futuristic, or fantasy theme, although he does write contemporary stories such as The Hiding Place, which received Honorable Mention in the 2013 Rainbow Awards.

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      The Psychologist - Wayne Mansfield

      7

      Chapter 1

      Caleb had had visions of his psychologist as being older and distinguished- looking. Perhaps greying at the sides, but handsome nevertheless. He’d imagined blue eyes that sparkled as the man sat in his chair, watching Caleb for giveaway signs before turning to the pad on his lap where he would make notes. He’d imagined a man who kept fit, who took pride in his appearance and wore one of those jackets with patches on the sleeves. A little dated in the twenty-first century, but when Caleb thought of psychologists, he always imaged them wearing such a jacket.

      Yet Richard Johannsen was none of those things. His hair was sandy blond and somewhere between curly and wavy. He had brown eyes and wore a moustache, which hid his top lip. And while he wasn’t unpleasant to look at, there was nothing classically handsome about him. Perhaps that was for the best. Caleb was there for therapy, not for romance.

      Can you tell me why you’ve come to see me today? Richard began.

      Caleb shifted uncomfortably in his chair. On the half-hour drive to the psychologist’s office, he’d anticipated this question and had constructed what he thought was a pretty good answer. But now, with the gaze of the psychologist upon him, his carefully planned words had disappeared from existence.

      In a nutshell, I want to be happy.

      And what do you think is preventing that from happening?

      Caleb baulked at the question. Surely if he knew what was preventing him from being happy, he could keep the hundred and eighty dollars per session in the bank and do something about it himself.

      The psychologist must have sensed his thoughts. Let me rephrase that. Tell me why you’re unhappy.

      A better question.

      "I guess I started out in life feeling pretty good about myself. I had a pretty positive self-image built, word by word, by my mother’s praise and encouragement. When I was six, I began school and there, almost immediately, began the deconstruction of all my mother’s hard work. The other children had no qualms about telling me I was different and that this difference, which was an utter mystery to me, made me in some way inferior.

      "After many years of being subjected to name-calling, teasing, and bullying, by both students and teachers, I began to believe what they said. That I was less than everyone else, inferior, until it seeped into my soul and became my truth. And since I believed I wasn’t good enough, that’s what manifested in my life. I couldn’t form lasting relationships of any type, with anyone. This in turn reinforced the idea that I was unworthy, not deserving, not good enough. Eventually I just gave up trying and resigned myself to the fact I’d never be happy."

      Richard nodded. And do you think not being happy has become a habit?

      Caleb wondered if the psychologist’s questions were more than they seemed. He wondered whether they were as innocent as they appeared, or if they had been carefully constructed in order to extract more from him than he realised. That thought was immediately replaced by another. So what? That’s what he was there for, wasn’t it? What would be the point of paying all that money just to hide things from a man

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