Posted by Ensign Lenore Mantis (Doctor) in Counselor’s Office… Ensign Mantis’s Psych Evaluation

Posted by Lieutenant Ayla Sharise (Counselor) in Counselor’s Office… Ensign Mantis’s Psych Evaluation

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“Well, in this case I think your mother has the right idea. Patience can be hard at times, but this is one situation where it will hopefully reward you,” Ayla said with a soft smile.

“Tell me a little about joining the Academy and picking your career. What drew you to medicine and serving in such a prestigious but competitive path of service.” Starfleet was all about having the best of the best and even the least ambitious and goal-oriented person who went through the Academy and became an officer was still at a minimum very intelligent and hard working. Otherwise they fizzled out and didn’t complete training. Some didn’t make it past their first few years in the fleet, and Ayla’s job had always been to help those who wanted to succeed to find their way, whether they eventually succeeded or not.

Lt. Sharise, CNS

The more she talked with Counselor Sharise the more she found her body, and oddly enough her mind, relaxing. She began to speak with an air of familiarity and comfort as she continued. “Oddly enough my Father always assumed I would be a counselor. I suppose he had hoped his Betazed genes would ‘kick in’. Unfortunately my empathic and telepathic abilities are quite underdeveloped. Father was in Starfleet, that’s how he and Mom met. So naturally that’s how I arrived at my choice to join.”

Ensign Mantis,
Doctor

Ayla nodded. “As an empath myself, I grew up with a range of abilities in the people around me, so I’m familiar with the implications it can have for some families when there is pressure there. But some of the most talented therapists I ever encountered were not psi-positive at all. It doesn’t have to be a requirement.”

“Tell me about medicine,” she said simply, curious how much or how little Mantis might say about her career choice.

Lt. Sharise, CNS