#dcddies

Garrett met with patients like this all the time — the cocky, above-it-all cool guys who were only in therapy for extraneous reasoning, usually involving a court ruling. They were always more bark than bite; all it took was a few sessions to get them comfortable with him, and then the real growth began. Garrett was happy to say that he had a near-universal success rate in helping to rehabilitate these rowdy young men into functioning members of society who actually conducted themselves like adults.

Jace was just another example of these. Hot-headed, unwilling to cooperate, difficult. A little harder to dig into than most, admittedly, but Garrett was a professional. He wouldn’t give up so easily.

“I’d like to talk about your home life growing up,” says Garrett, softer than a feather.”More often than not, our personalities are shaped by the environment we were raised in... were your parents tough on you as a kid? Did you get along with them? What about your siblings, if you have any?”