Temptation Confessions: Of A Marriage Counselor [2021]

I started thinking about Mark when I wasn't at work. I’d be grocery shopping, and I’d wonder what he liked to eat. I’d be driving home, and I’d imagine what it would be like to sit across from him at a dinner table where I wasn't his therapist, but his partner.

I am the person you trust to tell you the truth. I am the anchor. temptation confessions of a marriage counselor

"She looks at me, and I’m just a piece of the furniture," he said during our fourth session. He leaned forward, his eyes locked onto mine with a hunger that had nothing to do with food. "I just want to be I started thinking about Mark when I wasn't at work

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a 2:00 PM session with a couple who thinks they’re the only ones who fight about the dishes. Spoiler: They aren’t. I am the person you trust to tell you the truth

Not “Do you still want me?”—because she’s wise enough to know that my drifting wasn’t really about her. She asked if I still wanted the life we built .