A Mother-Daughter Duo

Dr. Drake looked out and saw his next clients. It was a mother-daughter duo there for some shared counseling. They were talking about what to write on the form patients filled out. The daughter was 19 with thick brown hair, dark brown eyes, a slender body, and a pretty face. The mom was 45 with shoulder length brown hair, a few extra pounds, and a few crows feet.

"Ladies, are you ready?" asked Dr. Drake.

They women looked up. "Almost," said the mother.

"Don't worry about finishing that," said Dr. Drake. "Just come in."

The women got up and walked over to Dr. Drake.

"Sylvia Thomas, I presume," said Dr. Drake as he reached out his hand to the mom.

"Yes, and this is my daughter Morgan."

"Delighted. Please come in."

A few moments later, the women were sitting on opposite ends of the couch in Dr. Drake's office, and he was sitting on the edge of his desk.

"So what seems to be the problem?"

"Every since I divorced her dad, Morgan has been snippy, lazy, and just down right irritable all of the time."

"You won't leave me alone!" said Morgan. "Every since dad moved out, you're trying to be my best friend, not my mom."

"Ladies, relax," said Dr. Drake. "Before we go further, we need to do a relaxation technique. Sit in as comfortable a position as you can, close your eyes, and count backwards from a hundred to one."

The women looked at each other then did as they were told. "One hundred, ninety-nine, ninety-eight...."

"The more you count, the more relaxed you will become."

"Ninety, eighty-nine...."

"More and more relaxed."

By the time the women finished, they were both in Dr. Drake's special deep hypnotic trance.