ships_counselor: (Radiant)
Deanna Troi ([personal profile] ships_counselor) wrote in [community profile] ten_fwd_ooc2015-07-19 03:54 pm

The Counseling Staff Presents

Good afternoon, everyone!

As a new introduction this month (and every month from here on out) there will a Counseling Sessions post on the Wednesday after the newest round of SickBay and Room Assignments posts.

These posts will happen once a month for new and long-stay characters, and while it is posted one day a month, these appointments can and will be scattered throughout the month and your CR/the counselor's CR as needed. The post will be open for tagging at any point during the month, but once a new one goes up we will ask that you move your new requests for sessions to that one instead of tagging an old post.

(Unless there are extenuating circumstances, and then just contact us to discuss it.)

We are rolling out a whole lot of things, so I'm going to toss them out to you in bullets and tell where you can go to get all of your information before the fun begins in three days.

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Does you character need to sign-up for Counseling Sessions? This is the post for you HERE, where you'll sign-up with who your character is, what canon they are from, when they arrived, and how often your character would like to be being seen, including the option for these to be threaded or hand waved. There is, also, a small sign-up FAQ over here.

Are you curious about who your Counseling Staff is? This is the post for you HERE, where you will find shiny faces, with contact information, as well as a "Meet The Counselors" section telling you all sorts of information about the background that brought each of the characters to this job.

Do you want to join the Counseling Staff? This is the post for you HERE, where you will find the rules, requirements and instructions on how to join this awesome team and be of service to the crew of new people arriving every month as well as get access to some occasional extra CR team perks.

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If you have any comments or question, don't hesitate to ask them below. If you just want to drop in and say hi and squee at your new team, come on down and join the party as we do our last preparations and countdown.

Keep your eyes open and we'll see you IC Wednesday!
ashen_key: (giving the truth scope)

[personal profile] ashen_key 2015-07-19 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooooooooooooh.

Ooooooooooh.

This could be very, very, very fabulous with some plot that's happening. And working out the timings. Excellent.

(Speaking of! Amanda, if need be, are you okay if Deanna winds up having to explain counselling - and what's actually involved- to Annie in a PL? Maaaay not be needed, but seeing where that thread is going.)
wanderlustlover: (Default)

[personal profile] wanderlustlover 2015-07-20 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! I would be glad to if it does end up needing to happen.
fishermansweater: (Default)

[personal profile] fishermansweater 2015-07-20 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Poor Annie needs help working out what to do with her fiance, oops.
treadswater: (the sea can be gentle)

[personal profile] treadswater 2015-07-20 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
(Mentioned this on plurk, but just mentioning again to keep it on record) Correction with the counselling lists - Annie will be seeing Hugh Cambridge, and we've been plotting a little bit. Whee, plots.

And yaaay, thank you! Stella and I will keep you posted depending on where Bev's level of 'am so out of my depth here' hits. (Sorry, Bev, welcome to the Breadlanders and their issues.)
engineermage: (Plain blank face)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
I know that OOC Emma and Deana are telepath/empaths, but is that known IC?
wanderlustlover: (Religion: Faith In Typing & Untying - e-)

[personal profile] wanderlustlover 2015-07-20 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
The entire crew and Starfleet knows Deanna is an empath/telepath/what her race is, as its part of why she's so good at her job and was picked for the position. It would be in every file about her as well, likely. So I'd go on record with that being a yes for both of them. Star Trek does not hide those kinds of things from people -- not guests, not crew, not dignitaries who come on board from any planet (except in certain dangerous, crew-endangering situations) and Deanna would not bend those rules for her new staff members.
Edited 2015-07-20 00:15 (UTC)
engineermage: (chin rubbing mischief)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. I think I'll have to have Kale talk to Emma then.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Wooo!

Emma doesn't like being exposed, but she'll play along since it means having something to do.
engineermage: (Happy grin)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
:D

He needs a telepath more for her telepathic abilities and less for therapy. XD He can explain in a thread but the basic thing is sometimes his pyschometry will cause a mental over-load and will either drop him comatose or make him think he's someone else for a while. So, he needs a telepath to get him out of it.

He wants her for her mind...
Edited 2015-07-20 00:51 (UTC)

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Lol. She'll be happy to help.
engineermage: (Happy Grin)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome! Are these done PL?

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
They can be, I think. However you want to do it, really. I'm easy.
engineermage: (chin rubbing mischief)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
I want to do it MIND TO MIND over the internet where we both stare into the screen and expect the other person to know what we're thinking.


PL would be preferable. This isn't really something Kale wants sort of spread around the ship.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
I knew that was what you were thinking. :D

Of course. He'd get complete confidentiality no matter what.
engineermage: (Smug Smug)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent!

In both cases.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
So do you want to start the pl?
engineermage: (Hands together praying like)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
It WAS put into his file when he came in for his medbay check up. He made sure to tell Todd about it. So, it's quite likely that they know about it already.

engineermage: (chin rubbing mischief)

[personal profile] engineermage 2015-07-20 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
He may be a bit reckless at times, but he also knows that you're going to get yourself killed if you have a condition that no one knows about how to help. And he has NO desire for that to happen.

And he's probably going to make the therapy appointment to make it an official on record thing. She'd probably want to do some psych evaluation to get a baseline for Kale's head.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
She'll come around. she trusts Deanna
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[personal profile] redarrowqueen 2015-07-20 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Just dropped a comment for Thea! And I'm thinking Sam or Emma since they come from worlds like hers (but I'm open to other ideas counselor wise)?

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Emma would be happy to help!
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[personal profile] redarrowqueen 2015-07-20 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Have an archer as a patient Emma! :) Can also link you wiki entries if needed (most of the addiction aspects is from the first two seasons since one her Thea's major archs was her wreck while on pills) and the stabbing is from the past season.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
A wiki link would be love
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[personal profile] redarrowqueen 2015-07-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Thea_Queen_(Arrow)

http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Thea_Queen

The time she's been clean/her fear of a relapse is my headcanon to fill in blanks not mentioned on the show.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good. Emma isn't explicitly versed in helping with addiction but she'll help unless someone else is more suitable. Thea might eventually get referred to Deanna, just so you're aware. It depends on what she needs.
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[personal profile] redarrowqueen 2015-07-20 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Fine by me, I know in the end Emma may not be the best for Thea too.

[personal profile] diamonds_are_forever 2015-07-20 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. I can't wait to get started!
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[personal profile] redarrowqueen 2015-07-20 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
This is going to be fun!
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[personal profile] didnotwant 2015-07-20 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Actually I think Sam would be a good fit for Marion. Due to her respect for the military and her PTSD. She would be able to open up more about her.... werewolf related issues.

I prefer Deanna with Andrew simply because of the fellow empaths unite factor.
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[personal profile] impossibilities 2015-07-23 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know actual counseling sessions were a thing! I might have an interesting CR potential.

Grainne here has a lot of repressed emotions and an observant counselor might pick up that she's rather depressive just by physical cues, but she'd actively avoid the counselors especially if a file has been passed around. Would anyone be interested in trying to get her into a session?
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[personal profile] impossibilities 2015-07-23 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm down with that, it might take a while for Grainne to make friends enough to listen to.
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[personal profile] radishearring 2015-09-29 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
Luna knows in her head a 3rd party will only help so signing her up for counseling.