Empathetic Listeners Mugs

"God, I hardly know where to begin."

"You can't possibly know how I feel. Everybody likes you."

Cares and woes.

"We must do something about these refugees..."

"Thanks, I knew I could count on you to turn my problem into something way worse that happened to you."

"Officer, I'd like to report... a sexual assault. I was at a part, this guy... he attacked me."

'I have this constant ringing in my ears. I think I have tinnitus.' - 'Does it sound like an 'eeeeeee' or a 'shhhhh'?' - 'It's like the murmer of a thousand forgotten souls quietly lamenting past sorrows.' - 'Hmmm. I don't have a checkbox for that, sadly.

'I'm going to put you in touch with reality.', 'Can't I just sneak up on it?'

The Children's Hospital

"You have zero empathy, Carlton. And I can't even begin to imagine what that's like."

'She saw right through me.'

"I believe you were complaining about your cold this morning."

'I don't know how you stand listening to people's problems all of the time, Doctor Barnes.'

'I thought you were supposed to do no harm!'

'My life is a joke.'

4th of July and PTSD

'Yes, puberty did put me through a lot of stress. . . but it was my daughters puberty.'

Open Book Therapy

'Now then, tell me about your fear of being alone.'

"Ask me about my long face."

"I think you may need to start seeing me twice a week for a while."

'Do you want someone to help you or do you just want someone to hold your hand?'

'Now you call? Now that fierce competition has reduced long-distance to little more than a cheap, unprofitable commodity. Now you call your mother?'

"I think A.I. understands me more than my family does."

"She no longer laughs at my joke."

"Having grown up and gone to school in uneventful times your mother and I both know what you're going through".

Deflate counselling service

"When euphemism time comes which would you prefer - 'passed away' or should I just say that he boxed?"

"Hopefully my body language tells you all you need to know."

"I DO like you. YOU don't like you."

'Relief fund relief fund.'

Office of Dr. Elizabeth Johnson