Family councelling of mom and son -1

"Tell me how it all started," he asked.

The three of them were all sitting in his well-furnished office, sitting across from each other. He sat alone on his seat, while the mother and son sat together on the couch.

Linda took a deep breath, "Well, it started several months ago. I began to notice that he would try taking little peeks at me whenever I would come out of the shower or change my clothes. On a few occasions, I noticed that he would open my bedroom door slightly so that he could spy on me."

"And how did that make you feel?"

"I felt a lot of things. Betrayed would be one of them- that my own son would do such a thing to me while I'm completely undressed. He doesn't have a right to see me like that. It's a woman's choice as to who gets to see her body."

The counselor then turned his attention towards Tom. "You don't deny any of this, do you?"

Tom shook his head in embarrassment, "...No..."

"So the obvious question now becomes- why would you look at your own mother like this? Is it simply that you're attracted to her? Do you enjoy that she's your mother? Perhaps both?"

"It's just that...I've never seen a naked woman before...that's all," Tom hesitantly responded.

The counselor followed up by asking, "So it's safe to assume that you've never done anything intimate before, have you?"

"No. I haven't."

"This sounds like a fairly common situation for a curious 18 year old," the counselor said. "But I want to go back to my previous question; does the fact that she's your mother add any special significance to seeing her nude?

"In a way, it did. I mean, yeah she's my mom, but I guess that added to it. When I saw her naked for the first time, it made me see her in a different light..." Tom said, as his mother listened in shock at her son's stunning revelation.

"Go on," the counselor said. "I appreciate your honesty, and I know this can't be easy for you, but it's important for all of us to be open with each other. So please continue."

"It's hard to explain. I think it has to do with how she's taken care of me my whole life and how much I've always looked up to her as being 'perfect' in every way. But when I saw her naked, it changed everything. She became all I thought about. I never meant to come across as a pervert or anything. I just wanted to see more of her, that's all."

The counselor then turned his attention back to Tom's mother. "Linda, what are your thoughts on hearing your son say this about you? Does it change your perspective?"

She slowly nodded. "It does. I had no idea that he felt this way. I simply thought it was a case of boys being boys. But I didn't realize that it was a lot deeper than that."

The counselor nodded his head in agreement, "Family matters are never easy, especially when a delicate issue such as sex is involved. Now Linda, I want you to tell your son about some of the dreams you've been having."

"... I... I was under the impression that what we've discussed in private stays strictly between us," Linda nervously replied.

"And it will always stay private between us. But this is something that involves your son and I feel that he should be aware of it. I've been doing family counseling for a long time, with great results, and I believe that complete honesty always leads to the best outcomes."

Linda sighed, "Well, it was after I caught my son spying on me coming out of the shower. I had a dream that night where...I can't believe I'm saying this in front of him...but in the dream, we were in the kitchen and...I was on my knees servicing him orally. I woke up and I couldn't believe what had just gone through my head."

The room suddenly felt a little warmer and the counselor had to adjust his collar. Tom found himself going from feeling humiliated to becoming aroused after hearing his mother's most intimate thoughts involving him.

"It didn't end there, did it?" the counselor enquired further.

"No, it happened again about two or three weeks later. This time we were in my bedroom, I was naked and we were making out before he performed oral sex on me. That was when I knew this issue had gotten in my head and so I started to lock my bedroom door. Tom, of course, tried much harder to get his peeks at my body which was the last straw for me. And so here we are, talking to you..."

"Linda, it's my professional opinion that you're over thinking all of this," the counselor stated. "You had previously assumed that your son was being some sort of deviant when he was looking at your body, and now you're assuming that your dreams are something to be ashamed of."

"I don't understand. What exactly are you implying?" she asked.

He raised his eyebrow, "I'm not implying anything. I'm simply saying that you are making things out to be something that they are not. You are the one implying that incest is immoral. And let's be frank about what we're talking about here- incest."

Linda was strongly taken aback by the remarks she had just heard. "I don't think it's right the way he's been spying on me, and..."

"I want us to be honest with each other," he said, cutting her off mid-sentence. "When you had those explicit dreams with you and your son, you had previously admitted to me that you masturbated when you woke up- is that right?"

"I really don't think it's necessary for you to say that in front of my son," Linda said with defiance and a hint of embarrassment.

"The only reason I'm doing this is because I'm trying to break down the barriers between you and your son," the counselor stated boldly. "Obviously the way that I work isn't taught in any classroom or practiced by any of my colleagues, but there's a reason why so many of my patients have seen great progress in their relationships and are more than happy to return. That's because my process works. So are you still interested?"

"... I am," she replied after being humbled.

"Now if we can continue where we left off; have you ever thought about kissing your son?" he asked.

Linda hesitated for a moment. "Not often. But I would occasionally wonder what he would taste like."

The counselor then turned his attention towards her son, "How does this make you feel Tom? Knowing that your mother has fantasized about you and has wondered what you taste like- it must be very exciting for you."