therapy episode 1.0 transcript (excerpt)

Vincent is looking for mental health help and enlists the services of trainee psychiatrist Michael Sheinberg

Therapy 1.0

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Vincent: ... Your voice is very loud.

Michael: Yes

Vincent: Okay.

Michael: All right, well okay.

Vincent: I'm lying down. Your voice is above me . What do I do now?

Michael: Also , now I think we have covered the essentials in terms of protocol and procedure , so now we can commence the session. So, Vincent. What do you ... what do you have to bring to the session today?

Vincent: I don't.. well, I've just... I had a nightmare last night that I was woken up from , and apparently, I was yelling gibberish in my sleep , and I have been feeling anxious. So that's probably a driver for me to come and see you , because I have been feeling anxious lately. And I just thought it's be good to talk to someone. And I sort of looked up ...a few sort of psychiatrists , psychologists, and they're really expensive , and I thought I wanted to get someone that was cheaper , so I thought of ... you.

Michael: Yes, no , and yes , that makes perfect sense . But coming back to this anxious person you've been feeling ... who are they? Is it someone other than your wife?

Vincent: What do you mean ?

Michael: Well, have you been feeling someone other than your wife?

Vincent: No.

Michael: I'm just trying to... because you said...

Vincent: No. I'm not feeling someone else. I'm feeling me.

Michael: You've been feeling yourself?

Vincent: Yes ... feeling myself anxiously.