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| drawing by Suzanne Dunaway |
He’s a dermatology
Chief Of Staff, she’s a prominent psychoanalyst, both have offices in their
mammoth apartment in a classy Rome neighborhood. One afternoon she greeted a
new patient, had him lie down on the analytic couch, and got him talking. For
20 minutes she listened from behind his head, emitting an occasional “um-hmm,”
then made a first stab at an interpretation: “You seem very focused on your
psoriasis. I wonder what all this concern might come from.” He replied, “Of
course I’m focused on my psoriasis, that’s why I took an appointment with the
dermatologist.” This is a true story.
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