Therapist Beginning To Show Cracks In Caring Façade

SANTA MONICA, CA—After five years of counseling, psychotherapist Diana Berg is beginning to show cracks in her caring façade, patient Ian Cassell reported Tuesday. “When I told her how I still put everyone else’s happiness above my own, she exhaled really loud, like she was exasperated,” Cassell said. “Then she said, ’Well, we did talk about that last session, didn’t we?’” Berg, who has had twice-weekly sessions with Cassell since 1998, said through gritted teeth that she suspects he doesn’t really want to get better.