[Counseling Suite]
Judy shook her head as she began to write her report.
Brody Cooper didn't seem to be an addict - there were physical signs of such things - but he was in the prime target demographic. His friends didn't seem to be of the high-quality variety, his romantic endeavors were evidently disappointing, his self-esteem was poor, and to make it worse, he had an annoying sense of entitlement that Judy, as a wealthy mother of two rich kids, knew to dread and detest. These were problematic traits, and they fed each other, creating a feedback loop, or rather a downward spiral - the kind of spiral that led to the needle, the joint, and other such things.
All this, she expressed in her writing, though with many more words, clacking away on her keyboard for her own personal notes.
Then, she prepared a brief summary, reading, in as many words: "'At this time, it is my assessment that Mr. Cooper is not a substance abuser, although he displays troubling behavioral patterns and life circumstances."
FIN