An Unintentional Side Effect

"I really thought he loved me! Why else would he give me so much attention and care about my kids? But I saw him with another woman the other day and when I confronted him about it, he looked at me like I was crazy and said our relationship was only business. How could he?" the client wailed. 

Jocelyn Normandy, hero and certified marriage and family therapist, had seen pretty much everything. All she needed was a little context and she could figure out the heart of the problem easily. 

She had always been good at that. She saw things no one else did and was able to make deductions accordingly. It was part of why she had gone into counseling. 

This particular client had been coming to her for months after her children's therapist (one of Jocelyn's colleagues) recommended she see someone too. Tracy hadn't wanted to take her on personally because she saw it as a conflict of interest.