Posted by Lieutenant Séan Iven (Counselor) in Facing Similar Traumas
Séan sat at his desk at his office and was pondering an idea. Mika had been released from the hospital and was supposed to be resting but her stubborn self insisted on coming into the office even if she couldn’t see patients yet. He had an appointment in about an hour with Eela, and while Mika seemed to be doing great on surface with the support of the rest of the staff, he was hesitant to leave her. Perhaps it was his overprotectiveness rearing up but he didn’t want to let her out of his sight until he was sure she was fine. So it was either reschedule the appointment or take her with him.

With a sigh he rose from his desk and walked to her office. He knocked lightly on the door frame. “Hey do you have a minute?”

Counselor Iven

Mika had been released. She was healing well physically, but the psychological scars were readily evident - even now as she looked up, startled, at the knock on the door frame.

Coming to the office, even though she wasn’t yet cleared to see patients, offered a sense of normalcy. Normalcy shed craved since… Well, since she woke up in the hospital. She went over charts, notes from the fill-in therapists that had treated her patients, did paperwork, caught up on departmental things. Anything she could find that needed doing.

People kept asking if she was okay, should she be working, she wished they’d stop. She just didn’t want to think about it. She wanted things to be like they were.

She smiled up at Séan. “Of course,” she said, with all her normal cheeriness she could muster. “What do you need?”

~ Mika, CMHO