Therapist



The Therapist, popularly known as the "Sim Shrink", is an NPC that comes to Sims when they go into aspiration failure, which is when the aspiration bar is totally red. He examines the Sims and helps them raise their aspiration bar a little, then he disappears again. He can only be seen by the Sim that he is taking care of. Sims in the same room will turn to the Sim being helped and do the 'You're Crazy!' sign, as they do not see the Therapist, but only see what the Sim is doing.

With cheats, a player can get a Sim to have a baby with the Therapist. However, the Therapist does not have very good genetics, and usually produces offspring with very small, close-set eyes and narrow faces.

Using cheats, a player can add the Sim Shrink to a family. However, he only shows up for a few seconds and is not seen again on the lot, though he is still in the Sims' menus and still appears as a family member. This can be quite irritating as it's not possible to get rid of him. Killing him with the death creator doesn't work, as he doesn't appear in a physical form. The PlumbBob appears next to the tombstone of L and D (or whatever was used to summon him) and is frozen in that spot.