Sympathetic Listener Gifts

"She no longer laughs at my joke."

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

"Joe, my mother doesn't understand me."

"Anything horrible going on in your life?"

Cares and woes.

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

"Congratulations, dear, you're the sickest looking one on the whole floor."

"I used to waste a lot of time explaining myself to family, friends and shrinks. Now I only explain myself to Rick."

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

'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?'

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

'She saw right through me.'

"Doctor, I find you very easy to talk to."

"His life was hanging by a thread, and then somebody fed him the bean burrito."

'Cheer up...'

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

4th of July and PTSD

Deflate counselling service

"...But rock bottom is my comfort zone!"

'Does that include the fishing rod?'

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

"I'm washed up"

"Line one, the youth group calling from up the creek without a paddle...line two, Mrs. Kavanaugh calling from down in the dumps...line three, Virgil Larrison calling from death's door..."

Office of Dr. Elizabeth Johnson

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

'I'm not unsympathetic, but there's just not much we can do for people who run away from college.'

"Hey, amigo... Been there, done that, bought the tattoo!"

"Go ahead, I'm listening."

"Shouldn't we be into soul music?"

Although he knew they couldn't see it, Frank was painfully aware of his growing mental health issue.

'I'm sorry, but we did all we could to try and save your husband, Mrs. Doornail.'

'Oh, I gave up greeting people years ago. I was only interrupting their music.'

"Economists call it a recession, but for those laid off and unable to find work...it's a Great Depression!"

"Bad day?"