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[versusnurture]

Who: ??? (but secretly abigail) (BUT WHO) & you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: P....ossibly but I'm not sure where yet!
When: 12/8, early morning

I can't find a listing of ships counselors. I know they exist, I just need a list. And I need to know which ones are actually reliable. Personal experience rather than conjecture preferred but not requisite.

[And that . . . appears to be all.]

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text (anonymous)

[steeledskin]

Beg pardon. What manner of counsel are counselors required to give?

[ maybe she'll finally learn what's expected of her. ]

text (permanon)

[versusnurture]

That's the other thing. I'm not completely sure. I'm not sure what Atroma's goal is with the counselors, since I don't have the augment, so I don't know what knowledge has been input if any. But where I come from, counselors are supposed to support people in times of stress and help them learn and utilize positive coping mechanisms. With confidentiality.

Which is why it's stupid that there aren't any checks and balances in place as far as I can tell, or a public list of counselors even, because it's so so so easy to hurt people if you know secret painful things about them and I'm not doing that.

[Again.]

text (permanon)

[steeledskin]

[ the startling honesty contained in these lines leaves her breathless -- and for a moment, she finds herself seduced by anonymity. sansa almost replies with words she'd be too frightened to tie to her honest name. but at the last moment, good grace and discretion prevail. ]

It sounds as though it is a heavy responsibility. I do not envy these people.

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[tothefly]

Don't know if I'd trust a list of Atroma-appointed counselors, regardless. The title seems to be fairly arbitrary, and way too easy to throw around.

Plenty of people who know how to keep secrets, if that's what you're looking for.

[versusnurture]

You're saying one thing and then ignoring it to say something unrelated. Trust or secrecy? Which is more important? For me, it's trust. Secrecy is a close second, but I'd rather someone tell my secrets than use them against me.

[tothefly]

Atroma has a tendency to appoint people with no qualifications whatsoever to the position of "counselor," is what I'm saying, actually. The few people who have had some sort of training in psychology don't exactly use it responsibly, from what I've seen.

If trust is important to you, I'd suggest trusting whatever list you find even less.

text (anon)

[effluent]

if you get that list
can you make it public?

[versusnurture]

Yes. I can and I will. As soon as possible.

What is it that you need? As broadly or specifically as you want to say.

[effluent]

i just want to know who they are
people are are compelled to help people without any of the actual training?
sounds like someone i don't want to be stuck in a room with

why are you asking?

voice

[stagstorm]

Godsdammit, how do you write on this bloody thing?

[He was going to volunteer since this was his job description, but... well, even with an augment, Robert suffers from being just old enough to be completely useless at technology.]

permanontext

[versusnurture]

[Yikes. That . . . is not promising. It's a good thing she asked this question now, before she actually got to a vulnerable place. Welp.]

You can use voice if that's easier.

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[ino]

I know there's a few scattered around the ships, but I haven't heard anybody advertising that that's what they are. It's kind of a randomly assigned title, so I'm guessing not everyone wants the responsibility.

That being said, I'm one of the counselors. I don't exactly have any testimonials or anything, [ since she's nosy and approached the people she thought she needed help instead of the other way around ] but I did work in medicine and psychology back home.

[ That's a nice, non ninja-interrogator-sounding way to put it, Ino ... ]

I have no idea if we already know each other or not, but if you're comfortable with it I'd be happy to help.

[versusnurture]

[Yeah, guess who's going to be unhappy as hell if she finds out about the spin there? This gal. For the moment, though:]

It's something you like to do?

text; not anon!

[frigidaire]

ironic that we're kidnapped and then offered counseling.
in space. good luck. probably should have a good list of these though, you're right.

permanontext

[versusnurture]

[Bless everything that you choose to be, Isaac.]

At least it's not Atroma itself that's trying to psychoanalyze us.

I don't really think it's going to work but I'm supposed to ask for help if I need it. Not from a friend, from a professional. Which nobody here is, I guess.

(non-anonymous) text

[stefanged]

Even if you found a list, it may not do much good. The "personnel" net's a pretty wide one, so you could have a teacher or a photographer or someone who may not have the skillset you're looking for.

[read: Stefan doesn't exactly trust the personnel on his ship - but can you blame him, when Loki is his resident counselor?]

I'm technically a medic, but I worked as an interfaith chaplain for a few years, and psychology and informal CPE kind of came with the territory. If you're comfortable with that, I could try to help.

permanontext

[versusnurture]

[Oh. No. Oh, dear. Mmm. Wow. The temptation to roast Stefan anonymously is . . . so . . . strong. Be good, Abigail. That is not what we're here for.]

Atroma's full of shit. Someone here is going to go off eventually. Regularly. Like clockwork. I know how it goes when you're trapped.

I'm not religious.

[resnipstance]

I'm sorry, I wish I could help you out, but I have no idea.

Back home the solution to everything was "meditate on it." It works sometimes, but... there are some problems it's not really adequate for.

That said, if you ever want to try it out, I'm happy to teach anyone who wants to learn.

[versusnurture]

I think this might be a case of "it would help for the smaller things, not so much for crisis situations". But it can't hurt.

What kind of meditation is it?

[Text]

[honorbends]

The counselor on the ship is probably useless.

[ he is the personnel for the blue fish

he is definitely 100% useless ]

[versusnurture]

This is definitely the most helpful response I've gotten so far, thanks.

[SORRY BUT SHE IS SALTY]

voice;

[hymnals]

Do you need someone to talk to?

permatext

[versusnurture]

Yeah. That's the general idea.

text (anon)

[heresyandlace]

I doubt that I would be able to help with an entire list, but I can possibly contribute one name to it, and a bit of personal opinion.

Are you perhaps considering counseling for yourself?

[versusnurture]

No, I'm just gathering information because I'm that incapable of finding something to do with my time.