Private Practice, Season 3

Addison:
Okay, there's Pete and the baby, and then there's Sam, who has Vanessa.

Sheldon:
I have an office...

Addison:
Sheldon, focus. Am I stupid, or am I a bad person? Because there's this great guy, and he's got a great baby, and I really want the baby, and I want the guy. I want to love the guy, but what am I doing instead? I'm going crazy over Sam and Vanessa, who I genuinely think is not a bad person, although I do think that she might be a bad doctor because she disagrees with the medical course of treatment that I know to be correct, but am I stupid? Because I have no right to have feelings for Sam, I don't know why I have feelings for Sam, he's Naomi's ex-husband, he's my friend, what the hell's wrong with me?

Sheldon:
Do you like being with Pete?

Addison:
Yes!

Sheldon:
And do you like to be with Lucas?

Addison:
Yes!

Sheldon:
So you want to be with them, you just don't want to... be with them?

Addison:
Because of Sam! Say something shrinky.

Sheldon:
Look, if you come to my office...

Addison:
Short, quick answers, please.

Sheldon:
Okay. Well, a few months ago you found out that your mother was living a secret life, hiding her homosexuality from you. And because she was guarding this secret, you feel like you never really knew or bonded with her.

Addison:
What does that have to do with my feelings for Pete, the baby, and Sam?

Sheldon:
Well, you might be harboring feelings about connecting with the child as that causes you to place yourself in a maternal role, which could be raising feelings of rejection for you. As well, you likely project Pete into the role of your father, Sam into the role of a forbidden connection, which confuses your feelings for either man. It becomes hard to see past the deep-rooted psychosexual implications in which you're going through.

Addison:
What?

Sheldon:
You have mommy issues.