Ariel's therapist

Last night, as per recommended by our midwife, Jamie and I went for a free session with a "Therapist & Intuitive healer, New York State Licensed" who gives "Wholistic Birth and Family Counseling" in Nyack, NY. She came highly recommended as someone who could help us to ready ourselves as future parents, and even guide us in "meeting" and welcoming our baby now while it's in the womb. Sounded cool to us, and we were looking forward to it being a time for us to confront any issues we've been wrestling with. We were also told that this woman could relate to us spiritually even though she doesn't practice Christianity, because she is able to connect with most anyone wherever they're at spiritually. Okay, we thought, let's give it a try... after all, it's free! 

While walking to her apartment, Jamie said to me, "I hope she's not too kooky and New-Agey" to which I responded, "Oh I don't think she will be... look at her picture, she doesn't look it." 

Well. How silly of me to judge a book by its cover. 

Maybe she just felt like she could be a bit more open with us... or maybe we seemed like real "seekers" to her. Maybe that's why she decided to share a bit of her personal beliefs with us... like how there are other "beings", like us, who feel that their purpose on earth is to do service, and they don't feel like they quite belong in this world... but there will be a time when they will be able to live according to their purpose, but that time is not now, we are all in transition, the earth is in transition now.... And there are some websites that we should look up where they talk about all of this stuff... one website in particular is about this woman who is channeling the Angel, Ariel, and... 

"Ahh.. ahhhh.. ahhhh... ahhhhh... ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!" I sang. "I am the Angel Ariel, mermaid of the heavens." I confessed. And I took off my top and told her to stare into the light force of my seashells and...

Okay, I'm making that part up... 

She was sensitive enough to ask us if the part about the woman channeling the angel, Ariel, weirded us out. "Um.. yeah.. yup." we both nodded. And yet that didn't really shut her up. Actually, she periodically asked us if things she was saying "weirded us out". Sometimes we said yes, sometimes no. I wondered why she kept sharing things that could've weirded us out. 

It wasn't all bad though, it wasn't a waste of time, we definitely got something out of it all. I mean, I'm pretty take charge in therapy sessions, I don't hesitate to share my shit.  I even wept at one point, I couldn't help it, it was involuntary. And I must say, I didn't care for the way she handled it. She didn't make me feel very... safe. I think she just wanted to talk about "cosmic" things instead. 

And maybe I'm just a bit picky when it comes to therapists because I was raised by one, a very professional one. And he took us as a family to another excellent therapist while growing up, only the best for us. So I have pretty high expectations, I know a good therapist when I see one. And I know a kook when I see one. And all I saw last night was a half-baked woman that could use a good lesson on professionalism... and probably a few more therapy sessions herself.