The New Intervention

"It always hurts around this time," Libby told her therapist. "That's when my mother passed. She died in the hospital alone, nothing but a stark ICU…


In Waters Past

Harold shuffled his feet to the edge of the hot tub.  He grasped the railing and took a few careful steps into the bubbling water. “Ahh,” Harold…


Therapy Session Number Five

I had treated Lewis for five sessions. He was a 34-year-old single male, a bit immature for his age, with an adjustment disorder. A sad sack, really,…


Evolution of Souls

Once outside the National Holocaust Museum, I found a concrete bench and turned my back to the world I had just experienced. For the few moments that…


The Endless Fence

Harvey didn’t know why he was scaling the fence that bordered the amphitheater. He had an uncontrollable urge to climb and to keep stepping higher…