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Narrator: Sophie's therapy was successful.

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Let's follow along session by session to see why.

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Sophie: Here?

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Therapist: Oh do you need any help with the uh....

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Sophie: No, it's ok.

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Sophie: After my accident, I told you on the phone about my accident?

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Therapist: Yes.

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Sophie: They told me that I need the opinion of a psychiatrist

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because the insurance company of the car that hit me has a problem

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with my injuries or something like that.

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So, that's why I am here.

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I'm here for your professional opinion not for...

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Therapist: Not for .. therapy?

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Narrator: Sophie was rode her bike into the street

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and was struck by an oncoming car.

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She wants Paul to state in writing that in his opinion she did not attempt suicide.

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The session with Paul could have been avoided had Sophie answered

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questions posed by a social worker hired by the car driver's insurance company.

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But she refused to do so.

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Sophie doesn't remember the accident but was told she flew her bike into the street

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a phrase that reminds of a previous accident.

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Sophie: It reminds me of something about 2 years ago.

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A friend of mine took me out on this motorbike and he stopped to get

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something at the convenience store.

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Anyways, I was really bored so I pretended I knew how to drive it.

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You know, you put your hands on the handlebars and it goes like this.

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Well, it was one of those monster bikes. Just by turning the handle a little

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it just flies.

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So, suddenly I like zoom and it takes off and my head whips back like this

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and when I looked back down I realized I am riding into the street

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I totally crashed into a car.

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Narrator: Both accidents could very well could have been suicide attempts

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so Sophie probably needs therapy. It's Paul's job to show her

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that it is safe to let him treat her. He does this by gently probing her

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personality and showing he is on her side.

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Paul: Do you feel comfortable talking about yourself?

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Sophie: No. (long pause)

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My name's Sophie. I'm 16 years old. I've been a gymnast since the age 6 1/2.

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I was US Jr. Champion at the age of 12.

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I'm an only child.

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I dunno. What do you wanna know?

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In another few months are the national trials, last chance to qualify for the Olympics.

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I'm kinda like an "Olympic hopeful".

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Paul: Wow. That's really impressive. Congratulations.

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Sophie: Thank you.

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Paul: So how is, life in general?

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Sophie: What?

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Paul: Apart from the gymnastics, how's life?

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Sophie: It's great.

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Narrator: Paul's interventions are working. Motivating Sophie to test him in various ways.

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Sophie: Doesn't sound like you're interested.

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Paul: Why would you say that Sophie? I am very interested in everything you have to say.

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I mean that.

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Sophie: You spoke to my mother already didn't you?

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Paul: I didn't speak to your mother.

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Sophie: You already know what it says in there.

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Paul: I never spoke to your mom.

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Sophie: You DID talk to her and you're just letting me sit here.

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You know exactly what is in that envelope.

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Paul: Was I supposed to talk to her?

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Sophie: What did you plan everything? Like I'm some kind of idiot you planned this little charade.

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Sophie: What's the point? Whatever. Of course she would send me to someone like you.

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I should have listened to my father. He called them a "cult of crazies"

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Open the door for me please!

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Narrator: Paul and Sophie probe each other and then Paul takes Sophie's side

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and begins a therapy called "treatment by attitudes".

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Paul: According to what it says here. It looks like you could have died too.

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Sophie: Yeah. That would have solved a lot of problems.

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Paul: What would it solve?

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Sophie: Nothing. I didn't mean anything by it.

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Can I talk to you like a normal person? Do you drive your daughter crazy with questions like this too?

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Paul: Oh much more crazy believe me.

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Paul: You said with the, uh, social worker spoke to you like she knew you.

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Sophie: She was such a retard.

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Paul: Did she ask you if you think about death a lot?

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Sophie: How did you know that?

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Paul: According to what it says here, she was trying to prove the accident was your fault.

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Good thing you didn't answer any of her questions.

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Paul: By the way, everybody thinks about death. I bet you didn't say that though.

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Did she ask you if you had any specfic thoughts about death?

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Sophie: No.

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Paul: Do you?

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Sophie: Do I what?

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Paul: Everyone thinks about death and, uh, imagines how it will come to them.

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Do you have any more specific thoughts about it?

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Maybe you have certain thoughts you would like to talk about.

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Narrator: Paul continues working on Sophie's attitude by suggesting that she may have wanted

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to get angry with her mother. He then probes for her sources of support

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bringing the session to an end.

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Paul: Before when you angry when you thought she had called me

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I asked myself, "Why didn't she call?" It makes sense that she would call me first.

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Sophie: I don't....what do you mean?

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Paul: I'm just trying to figure out why you got so angry when thought she called me.

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Sophie: I don't get it. You mean she did call?

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Paul: No, no no.

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Sophie: Did she call or not? Tell me already!

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Paul: No, she didn't call.

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Sophie: So why we back to this again?

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Paul: Because I got the feeling when you got angry you wanted your mother

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to call just so you can get angry with her.

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Sophie: You have no idea what I'm looking for.

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You just DON'T get it.

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Paul: So why don't you explain it to me then.

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Sophie:She thinks what's written there is true.

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Paul: What's true?

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Sophie: Whatever it says-suicidal tendencies, blah, blah, blah.

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Paul: That's what your mother says is true?

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Sophie: She thinks this accident is a wonderful opportunity to get rid of this "sports thing"

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That's what she calls it.

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Paul: But what does that have to do with this report?

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Sophie: She's afraid. She doesn't believe that...she thinks that because

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of all this competition and perfectionism, she thinks I wanted to kill myself.

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And that is Bullshit.

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Paul: Who do you call?

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Sophie: Who do I call for what?

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Paul: When you need to talk to someone?

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Sophie: 411

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Paul: 411?

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Sophie: Yeah. The reason is my father's moved so many times in the past

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few years I can never remember his latest phone number.

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It's like a family joke. We call 411.

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Paul: How do you get on with your dad?

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Sophie: He's always there for me.

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Paul: What do you mean he's "always there for you"?

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Sophie: He's there. He knows what's happening to me. Like when I had the accident,

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he called me when I was in the ambulance. He knew something had happened.

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That's what they told me.

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Paul: Oh. So it's like you guys have a kind of telepathy together?

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Sophie: He's the only person in this world who truly loves me.

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And the only one who believes that the accident was not my fault.

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The only one except, Sy.

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Paul: Who's Sy?

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Sophie: This is Sy.

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Paul: Sy is a mermaid?

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Sophie: No. Sy drew it.

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He's my coach.

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Dana colored it. That's his daughter.

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I used to be her babysitter.

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Paul: So Sy is the only person apart from your dad who loves you?

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Or he's the only one who thinks you didn't crash your bike on purpose?

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Sophie: I don't know. Is that important for your professional opinion?