When LL asks me how I am doing she REALLY wants to know. I remember this one time I wasn't doing so hot but I didn't know what to tell her because so many thoughts were going through my head at once I couldn't decide what totell her about first so instead of answering her "how are you?" I asked her a question about some relaxation visualization stuff I took in at amother time. She answered my question and then asked me again "how are you?" and I again threw another question about the Nancy J Napier relaxation stuff. She answered my question but her eyebrows went up alittle bit and again asked me "how are you?" I s,iled back at her and asked her another question. She answered my question and reworded her question with a narrower focus by asking me "Did you go to the library today?" Sometimes asking therapists questions back work and other times it doesn't so I don't really recommend it. lol Anyway LL would not have persisted in finding out how I was and rewording her question with narrower focus points if she genuinely did not want to know or was asking just because its her job.