Reading: "Sibyl of Doom" from RITUALS OF THE ANTITHETICAL (A.Glass 2023)
“So, you want to discuss
a case?”
“Yes, and thank you for seeing me.”
Elkman nods in a professional manner, as Saunder places her glasses on. Opening the folder in front of her.
“About three months ago I was appointed by the New York Courts to evaluate a woman who was brought in on a gun charge. It was quite a serious charge, she did not have a license for a banned assault rifle and it was a military grade weapon. She pleaded guilty to the charge. With a claim to the Judge presiding why she harbored such a weapon, which was for her own personal safety. She is white and has no affiliation with gangs or a history of crime...” Taking her glasses off, she looks at her senior colleague. "...My initial evaluation to the courts was that she was no danger to society and that ongoing psychological assistance would be needed with monthly evaluations made by me. The court was in favor of my report and made it a final order.”
“Was it six months of evaluations?” Her senior colleague asks.
“Yes it was, fortnight psychological appointments, with a monthly assessment with the client, after I looked over the appointed psychologist’s brief.”
“And what was your and the psychologist’s overall diagnoses?”
“Antisocial Personality Disorder”
“And you have a concern about your evaluation?” Elkman asks.
“I do. There was a few things that I and the psychologist did pick up on. Conclusively, we believed that she was…” Saunder’s removing her glasses with her right hand, while placing her left palm on the open file on her lap. “...manipulating us.”
“Well, then your original diagnoses would be correct,” Elkman says, sipping from his tea.
Placing her glasses back on, she looks over the file notes again.
“This is what the psychologist wanted me to follow up on in relation to the possibility that there could be both Dissociative Identity and Derealization Disorder, I just want to read this to you that the psychologist wrote in a detailed dialogue with the client.
“Yes, and thank you for seeing me.”
Elkman nods in a professional manner, as Saunder places her glasses on. Opening the folder in front of her.
“About three months ago I was appointed by the New York Courts to evaluate a woman who was brought in on a gun charge. It was quite a serious charge, she did not have a license for a banned assault rifle and it was a military grade weapon. She pleaded guilty to the charge. With a claim to the Judge presiding why she harbored such a weapon, which was for her own personal safety. She is white and has no affiliation with gangs or a history of crime...” Taking her glasses off, she looks at her senior colleague. "...My initial evaluation to the courts was that she was no danger to society and that ongoing psychological assistance would be needed with monthly evaluations made by me. The court was in favor of my report and made it a final order.”
“Was it six months of evaluations?” Her senior colleague asks.
“Yes it was, fortnight psychological appointments, with a monthly assessment with the client, after I looked over the appointed psychologist’s brief.”
“And what was your and the psychologist’s overall diagnoses?”
“Antisocial Personality Disorder”
“And you have a concern about your evaluation?” Elkman asks.
“I do. There was a few things that I and the psychologist did pick up on. Conclusively, we believed that she was…” Saunder’s removing her glasses with her right hand, while placing her left palm on the open file on her lap. “...manipulating us.”
“Well, then your original diagnoses would be correct,” Elkman says, sipping from his tea.
Placing her glasses back on, she looks over the file notes again.
“This is what the psychologist wanted me to follow up on in relation to the possibility that there could be both Dissociative Identity and Derealization Disorder, I just want to read this to you that the psychologist wrote in a detailed dialogue with the client.
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