If your therapist were a literary character, who would they be?

Doesn't have to be famous, or even in "good" literature. Any novel/story/poem will do.

No. 1 - Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany's. Kind of just floats along.
No. 2 - Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird. Always calm and stable.
No. 3 - George Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Still waters run deep.
Psychiatrist - Scrooge, A Christmas Carol. Loves money - as in, if you can't pay, she refuses to see you, even in an emergency.

one of the crazy scientists that predicts the end of the world in the book Lucifer's Hammer. dont remember their names

my fav author is kurt vonnegut jr, but i dont think my T fits any of his characters

Sparky was a touch Don Quixote

The professor in the Narnia first movie. Lucy went through the wardrobe and came back with her brother there with her. They were all making her feel like it didn't happen. She is running down the hall and runs into him. He holds her and asks what has happened. Lucy tells him and he orders milk and cookies for her. There is comfort and safety. Understanding.

Then. Then. He questions the siblings for not believing her. M

For some reason there is much safety there for me.

Not sure if that a literary character, but it jumped into my mind when I read the thread.

The first one is a bit like Polonius or Lady Macbeth.
The second a bit like Prof. McGonagal

Not two characters I usually think of in the same breath. Unless you mean "conniving windbag"?

And a tad cruel - don't leave out cruel. Snape also comes to mind to keep up the Harry Potter theme.

It is hard because Wile E Coyote is not technically a literary character.

I don't have a therapist but if I did I would want him to be exactly like Sherlock Holmes.

Who's that guy in the Dickens novel who's always talking about Deportment?

Mr. Turveydrop? Bleak House?

Your therapist talks about deportment a lot?

Prof. McGonagall (she's not old, but a little sassy and able to see right through all my BS)

First thing that came to my mind was Jaggers from Great Expectations because he is paternal and knowledgeable and safe. And not always available.

'Mother sugar' in The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing.

Jane Eyre's Mr. Rochester. Always in love with me, but always married to someone else. And with his little ward. And all these other people dependent and around him all the time. He must needs escape from time to time. And with his dog.

I would much prefer Mycroft...and that the session be held in the Diogenes club!

Current T is ridiculously energetic including in her enthusiasm to connect with me -- so, I guess a cross between Maria from the Sound of Music, Tintin and the Energizer Bunny?

Former T -- mostly Lear (I've never understood Lear's motivations and mostly found him to be a whiny, defensive, thin-skinned brat who never grew up [I'll also confess that it's my father's favorite of all the plays]).

Ah, thank you. I couldn't remember if it was Bleak House or Little Dorrit.

He used the word "deportment" one time. I can't even remember the context, but the Dickens character jumped right up in my brain, almost as if Shaken by Judy.

He's very behaviorally-focused. A kind of fake-it-till-you-make it mentality. I often feel I've been counseled to work on my Deportment.

Great thread, great replies! If I allow myself to characterize him, I won't be able to look at him again with a straight face. He does look like Rick Ocasec though.

T would be Anne of Green Gables, she is sometimes lost like an orphan.
Pdoc would be Jesus, if you count him as a literary character, she is very religious and offers a good rate and does good work.

I told him this today and he asked who Wemmick would be and I said I am both Pip and my own Wemmick.

Probably Professor Dumbledore. Wise but a bit eccentric. And he has the beard.

The old gardener (Ben?) in The Secret Garden

Probably Pollyanna but a more mature version. She's always so upbeat, looking for the positive in everything. She tries to find pleasure in everyday experiences, and teaches her clients to do the same. She's happy when I come in feeling happy about something.

I can't think of any character names, but the first session I had the distinct impression he was a little gnome living at the end of a labyrinth.