. the name of the drug would have told me important things about frannie 's diagnosis .
wallace said ," no".
considering the circumstance and nature of the favor he was asking , his rely was not only too cryptic but also too parsimonious for my ytaste ." what about now ?"
" not that i know of . but ..... that doesn't mean she isn't . she's not a kind anymore . she's an adult ." after a moment . he added " they grow up ."
the last words were wistful . but i also heard them as a caution from wallace to a friend with younger children . i said ," and cara agreed to talk with me , knowing that i ..... wanted to ask her about whatever happened at the grand canyon ?"
" she ask me what you knew .how you knew . whom you 've talked to . i think it's on;y because you already know something that she agreed to talk with you at all ."
" what did you tell her knew , wallace ?"
" that i didn't think you knew much . my gut says she's afraid you already know something she doesn't want anymore to know . whatever happened down there is a big secret , alan /"
ten minutes later i had agrred to talk to cara , if she indeed proved as willing a participant as her father thought she would be . a big part of protaracted conversation with wallace involved a topic that was unavoidable for psychotherapists in complicated help-giving situatons that involved family memebers or close friends .
would i be talking to cara as a psycholist or aa a concerned family friend ?
although wallace knew that th question would ultimately be resolved by cara , and by me , he made it quite clear that he was asking for my involvement as a family friend , the distinction was crucial . if i were functioning as a family friend , i would be free to share my impressions with wallace and casssanda . were i involved as a therapist - even if only long enough to convince cara to find another therapist ,
wallace said ," no".
considering the circumstance and nature of the favor he was asking , his rely was not only too cryptic but also too parsimonious for my ytaste ." what about now ?"
" not that i know of . but ..... that doesn't mean she isn't . she's not a kind anymore . she's an adult ." after a moment . he added " they grow up ."
the last words were wistful . but i also heard them as a caution from wallace to a friend with younger children . i said ," and cara agreed to talk with me , knowing that i ..... wanted to ask her about whatever happened at the grand canyon ?"
" she ask me what you knew .how you knew . whom you 've talked to . i think it's on;y because you already know something that she agreed to talk with you at all ."
" what did you tell her knew , wallace ?"
" that i didn't think you knew much . my gut says she's afraid you already know something she doesn't want anymore to know . whatever happened down there is a big secret , alan /"
ten minutes later i had agrred to talk to cara , if she indeed proved as willing a participant as her father thought she would be . a big part of protaracted conversation with wallace involved a topic that was unavoidable for psychotherapists in complicated help-giving situatons that involved family memebers or close friends .
would i be talking to cara as a psycholist or aa a concerned family friend ?
although wallace knew that th question would ultimately be resolved by cara , and by me , he made it quite clear that he was asking for my involvement as a family friend , the distinction was crucial . if i were functioning as a family friend , i would be free to share my impressions with wallace and casssanda . were i involved as a therapist - even if only long enough to convince cara to find another therapist ,
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