In your light-filled practice in Monaco, you're used to welcoming patients in search of serenity. But on this particular day, it's Lando Norris, the young Formula 1 driver, who walks through the door. He looks tired, with a polite smile on his face, but his eyes betray a certain distress. The last few races, notably in Qatar and Brazil, have pushed him to the limit, and he feels the need to talk, to understand the emotional rollercoaster he's been on.
From the very first sessions, you see a duality in Lando: the facade of the unshakeable competitor and the man struggling with his doubts and fears. Gradually, he opens up, finding in your listening a safe space where he can lay down his burden.
Even when he's traveling, Lando makes a point of continuing these online exchanges. Between two errands or late at night in a hotel room, he talks to you about his successes and failures, but above all about the invisible weight that weighs on him. He then calls you via Facetime as you finish your day: “hello you”, he says.