Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist1995

Joy:
[discussing her role in a play] I have to learn it, and then I have to go into the show...

Dr. Katz:
Yeah.

Joy:
...other actors who are already, you know, in sync...

Dr. Katz:
Mm-hmm.

Joy:
...and they're doing the play, and I have to just walk in, in the middle of it.

Dr. Katz:
And you feel like you'll be on the spot, that they'll...

Joy:
What if, like, what if I blank out? What if, um, I walk the wrong way? What if I miss a cue?

Dr. Katz:
What if you do? What is the worst thing that'll happen?

Joy:
The audience will think I'm terrible, and the actors will hate me.

Dr. Katz:
And then your life will still continue.

Joy:
It will?

Dr. Katz:
Yep.

Joy:
But... what about the humiliation, at the moment?

Dr. Katz:
[long beat] I hadn't thought of that.