The dentist/counsellor explained that during the course of treatment it is not essential for you to explain the origins of your fear, although the majority of her clients obviously do.
I wonder what she would make of my childhood dentist then. ?
I had a row about him with my dad yesterday before I finally managed to make myself go and see the emergency dentist.
My dad told me that our childhood dentist was well known by all the doctors and dentists in the area to be an alcoholic whose character defects were believed to directly affect the way he treated patients.
What used to upset me and my brother when we were kids was that our dad often used to return home from work with the latest tale about how the dentist had managed to upset and insult someone.
If any dentist acted like that these days, I'm sure lots of complaints would be lodged and taken extremely seriously.
I'm sure that the official governing body, the dentist's colleagues, family and friends would all stage an intervention with the dentist concerning his addiction.
Yet I remember my dad, who is a doctor himself, used to think all these terrible tales were hilarious. ?
So me and my brother used to sit there listening while our dad recounted the latest story about the dentist to our mum - and wondered why we had to have such a horrible dentist as this one and why we couldn't go and see someone better. ☹