My Shrinks and I

I once asked my shrink (an M.D. who did counseling and prescribed things like inderal and valium for a bargain $80 for an hour on a Saturday)... I asked him to "draw me a tree", he grined a wicked knowing smile, and in 30 seconds, produced a drawing of a tree all chopped in pieces with an axe lodged in the stump (and a superb drawing it was... revealing that the good doctor was a very gifted sketch artist). He, by the way, on my very first visit, sized me up as an "intellectual type" (Lord only knows WHY) and ordered me to read "From Sad to Glad" by one of the pioneers of the psychoactive drug reserpine (from the herb Rawolfia Reserpina) and to also read "If you meet the Buddha On The Road Kill Him" by psychotherapist Sheldon Kopp.