We've a lot of respect for this course of action.
When Colin McDonnell, a psychotherapist in Ranelagh, discovered that the sign for his business had been destroyed by a vandal he decided against reporting it to the police.
Instead, he has offered the guilty party free counselling sessions.
Writing on his website in a post entitled '
How we respond to vandalism,' Colin says: 'We’re quite proud of the little glass sign outside our Ranelagh clinic. Well at least we were anyway, before someone took a notion to it and decided to smash it off.
'It probably took quite a bit of effort to yank off. Whoever was behind this was clearly determined. It’s a lot of effort to go to for a seemingly random act.
'That’s why we’d love to talk to this person and offer them four free psychoanalytic sessions. No catches.
'We’re just as convinced by the authenticity of the act as they were – perhaps even unknowingly.
An act like that speaks of a very fundamental truth. We’d love for you to come and figure out what that truth is and we’re willing to help you do it.
The vandalised sign
'We’d appreciate if people could share this post, or if they know the executor, to encourage them to get in touch.
'The act speaks – maybe it’s time to speak in its place.'
