Posted by Dinah on July 19, 2008, at 11:19:08
In reply to TV Therapists, posted by Daisym on July 19, 2008, at 1:27:39
Absolutely Dr. Kroger. Although my therapist isn't as big on incisive interpretations. It's the dapper appearance and the total unflappability that reminds me of him. Along with some of the same facial expressions. I sure wish mine came with that office though. The one with the waterfall.
Oddly enough, it sounds as if Sidney Freedman was a big influence on my therapist's choice of career. I don't find them all that similar. If my therapist has the playful and outrageous side that Sidney showed, he doesn't express it with me. That's possible, since my sense of humor isn't really all that well honed. I'd like Dr. Freedman as a therapist though. He too was laid back and not intrusive.
I'm sure I wouldn't like any therapist Monk saw after Dr. Kroger. I'd need a transition therapist. :) But I don't like the new one much either. He's way more interactive and engaged than Dr. Kroger (or my therapist). Well, engaged isn't the right word. I'm not sure what is. It's not that he doesn't stay in his seat. He does appear to do that. But maybe his personality extends a bit further from his seat than Dr. Kroger's did? He's a bit more expansive? If that makes sense.
I don't like that. I like a laid back therapist, not a lean forward therapist. And that has nothing to do with posture. It's the personality.
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