Session notes
Delilah Appointment One
Client Name: Delilah P. Darling
Therapist: Rhys Hartwell, LMFT
Session Type: Intake / Court-Mandated Evaluation
Setting: Individual, In-office
Presenting Issue:
Client was referred to therapy following a court order related to a previous domestic incident and concerns around relational instability, boundary violations, and impulsivity.
Session Summary:
This was the client’s initial intake session, intended to establish therapeutic rapport, gather background information, and assess current emotional and psychological functioning.
Client arrived on time and appeared well-groomed, if somewhat deliberately stylized in appearance (noted: pastel clothing, suggestive body language, and intense eye contact).
Her demeanor was overtly flirtatious throughout, which may reflect an established pattern of inappropriate boundary testing or deflection via hypersexuality.
Client was alert and oriented to person, place, and time.
Mood was elevated with congruent affect, although excessively performative at times.
She frequently redirected the conversation toward the therapist in a manner suggesting transference, or possibly strategic flirtation.
Insight into her behavioral patterns appears limited, though verbal acuity and social intelligence are high.
Client engaged in mild inappropriate commentary regarding the therapist’s physical appearance and clothing.
When redirected to the purpose of the session, she responded with playful deflection, but did not escalate or become overtly confrontational.
She appeared to derive amusement and validation from therapist discomfort, possibly as a means of asserting control or compensating for perceived power imbalance.
Intervention:
Therapist maintained professional boundaries and clarified session objectives.
Client was assigned a nightly journaling task focused on her relationship with her ex-partner, Hank, with emphasis on identifying patterns of emotional dependence, boundary challenges, and triggers.
Client responded positively to the idea of journaling, though framed her enthusiasm in provocative language (e.g.
, referencing glitter pens, stickers, “bonus points”).
Clinical Impressions:
High verbal intelligence; possible histrionic traits.
Uses humor, sexual innuendo, and charm as defensive mechanisms.
Likely to challenge authority and test therapeutic limits.
Potential for progress if appropriate containment and consistency are maintained.
Next Steps:
Continue observation of client behavior in sessions.
Evaluate capacity for genuine emotional introspection vs. performance-based engagement.
Revisit journaling assignment during next individual check-in.
Weekly sessions recommended for six week evaluation period.
Clinical Shitshow
Private Notes – Session 1: Delilah P. Darling
Do not file. Do not submit. Burn later.
Location: My office
Duration: 50 minutes
Mood: …complicated.
She walked in like the word boundaries had been redacted from her dictionary.
Legs first. Everything else followed: hips, shoulders, trouble. I’ve never seen a skirt weaponized quite so effectively outside of a nightclub or a poorly-conceived movie montage. Innocent in the way a trap is innocent before it snaps.
When I called her name, she smiled like she already knew things.
She took one look at me and decided I belonged to her. There’s a kind of static that lives in the breath between eye contact and intent. She let it spark. The rest of the session was just her claiming space.
She gave me a once-over that made me feel unprofessional. And underdressed.
Her lips are full. Glossy. Distracting. She licked them while I was writing, and I nearly spelled trauma wrong. Her eyes lingered on my hands, my pen, my sleeves. I could feel her attention like heat on my zipper.
I pretended not to notice. She noticed me pretending not to notice.
Everything about her presence was loud, even when she was silent. Even her stillness feels like performance art. I can’t decide if she’s doing it to provoke, or if this is simply her, composed entirely of red flags and perfume and insinuation.
I gave her a journaling assignment to create distance. Something useful. Structured. Contained. She offered to use glitter pens. I told her this isn’t graded. She asked about bonus points for provocation.
I didn’t laugh. I didn’t smile. I absolutely wanted to.
She knows exactly what she’s doing. The question is whether she knows why.
She’s dangerously charming, but it’s a defense. I see it in the way she studies my reactions, memorizing tells. She wants control, or the illusion of it.
And the worst part? She’s smart. Sharp. She’ll pick apart any hesitation I give her and wear it like a trophy.
I need to be careful.
She’s not just a patient. She’s a problem in perfume and soft threats.
I’ve spent a career untangling people. But she’s the kind of knot you don’t pull, unless you want everything to unravel.