therapy-2
Explanation
This comic depicts a therapy session that hasn't actually begun yet. A therapist asks her patient, "Aha... and how do the scornful stares from strangers make you feel?" The bearded patient responds, confused, "What? I didn't say anything. We haven't started our session."
In the next two panels, the therapist silently stares at the patient with visible judgment and contempt, then physically recoils away from him on the couch.
The joke is a dark irony: the therapist is herself giving the patient the exact "scornful stares from strangers" she was supposedly asking about. She has immediately and unprofessionally judged the patient based on his appearance alone, before he has even said a word. This suggests that his problem -- being judged by strangers -- is so pervasive that even the therapist he's come to for help with it can't help doing it. It's a commentary on how deeply ingrained snap judgments about people's appearances are, and the particular cruelty of encountering that prejudice from someone who is supposed to be a safe, non-judgmental professional.