The next morning, Ryan sat at his desk still wondering about what he had discovered the night before. He felt guilty for having pried into a patient’s private life. He felt guilty that he had given into a fantasy about the man. Yes, it was true, the more he knew about his clients, the better he could help them. In recovery from aphasia, familiar language patterns were always helpful. But this?
“Let’s work on some names that you’ll want to use: Todd, Connor, Rosie, Daisy, Bob and…oh yeah…Barry.” That would go over well.
He got up to go to his first in-room appointment of the day: a young boy who had sustained a closed head injury in a car crash the day before. He gathered some materials that he could use to stimulate conversation, and headed for the elevator.
Just as he reached for th
