Posted by Staff Sergeant Philip Hewson-Williams (Security Officer / RTF) in Counseling Suite - Phil’s Boarding Evaluation
OOC: I can see from the roster we don’t have CNS at the moment, but if someone would like to jump in and play one for Phil’s evaluation, please feel free.

IC: The last place that Phil needed to check in before being signed off for duty was also his least favourite. When Phil married Steven, Counsellors had always asked him if their marriage would interfere with their duties. Since losing Steven he was always being asked about how he felt about it. The uncomfortable truth was that Steven, like Phil, had known the risks of being a marine and would have wanted Phil to move on.

In his mind he could see how the conversation ahead of him would play out…

-Phil

The counseling suite on the USS Leviathan was one of considerable size. Morella Allan considered it the largest and most well-equipped department of its type that she had ever encountered onboard a Starfleet vessel. In fact, on more than a few occasions the young nurse had found herself wondering why a response vessel like the Leviathan would have such an array of psychological and wellness resources on hand. It was almost as if mental trauma was all-but-guaranteed in the ARU flagship’s crew…

Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the staff. Or, not since they last left the starbase, at least. Over the past few weeks most of the counseling team had seen themselves reassigned to other vessels. The head of counseling services herself notwithstanding. Which is why a young nurse with barely little more than an academy elective in trauma management and a passing interest in meditation was now pulling double shifts as a temporary CNS.

Still, the office was nice. And it was a welcome respite from the chaos of the Leviathan’s medical wings. So as the door chime twittered to signal her next appointment, the raven-haired woman shook off her own exhaustion and adopted her best and most welcoming smile as she called out “Please, enter.”

• Nurse Morella (Temporary CNS)