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Meeting the counselor -ATTN Kastarak

Posted July 3, 2022, 4:40 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sara Lovejoy (Chief Engineer) (Christopher Logan)

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Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Sara Lovejoy (Chief Engineer) in Meeting the counselor -ATTN Kastarak

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As Sara was ordered by the captain to go and talk to the counselor about things, and she was just completely confused. She just didn’t do anything wrong although she was ordered by the captain to do so. She knocks on the door to the counselors office and await’s to come in.

CE Lovejoy

Kastarak had only two lines of text in the referral as background when he opened the door and welcomed the chief engineer.

“Ms Lovejoy, welcome. Please sit down.” Kastarak gestured toward the two chairs by the window overlooking the stars outside.

He sat down.

“Please tell me, in your own words, why you have come here today.”

– Ensign Kastarak (doctor / counsellor)

“Well Counselor. I was told to come to you cause I was told that I said some stuff against Blaze.” She explained.

CE Lovejoy

“How did it feel to hear that you had said some stuff against him?” replied Kastarak.

“And please, tell me more.”

– – Ensign Kastarak (doctor / counsellor)

“Well counselor. I’m not sure you’re well enough about it. But I never said anything about him at all. But being told about it, hurt a lot.” She said.

CE Lovejoy

Kastarak paused, allowing silence to fill the space a little. He had found that silence would often help – it would bring time for the client to think and reflect, and ground themselves in the room, and the unfamiliar setting which was counselling.

Kastarak summarized what he had heard so far: “Ms Lovejoy,” he began, “Please correct me if I’ve understood things wrong, but what I’ve gathered so far is this: The captain has ordered you to come see me for counselling because, in the captain’s belief, or in someone else’s belief, you have said some bad things against your colleague Mr Blaze. You, on the other hand, do not understand this. You believe you have said nothing wrongful to Mr Blaze. This, perhaps all of this, hurts you. You feel hurt. Have I understood your perspective? If not, what would you amend, add or remove?

– Ensign Kastarak (doctor / counsellor)

“Well Counselor you are correct. I am hurt about it. I never said anything.” She looked at him.

CE Lovejoy

“Mm… You feel unfairly treated…” Kastarak hummed. “We can explore that pain, and your relationships to Mr Blaze and the captain. We can talk about feelings, about what is easy and less easy in your interactions with them, how they treat you, and so on. Would you like to do that?”

– Ensign Kastarak (

“Yeah. Honestly that would be rather nice. If you’d like to as well we can.” She said.

CE Lovejoy

Kastarak hummed reassuringly.

“Of course,” he said, resisting the urge to say that that’s why he’s here. “Please begin. Tell me about the captain. How do you find him? What emotions do you feel when you think of him?”

– Ensign Kastarak (doctor / counsellor)

“Well I like the captain. He’s a great man. He’s a strong and smart. He never turns his back on anyone. He is someone who is willing to give another chance to someone.” She explained.

CE Lovejoy

“I see”, said Kastarak. He paused, allowed for Lovejoy to say more. “You say that the captain is someone you like. He’s a great man, strong and smart, never turning his back on anyone.”

Kastarak paused again. “Yet, this strong and smart man – I am using your words here – has said that you have spoken ill of Mr Blaze, which you find untrue. How do you reconcile these two parts of your feelings for your captain? Is it possible to admire him, yet be angry with him at the same time? Or disappointed? Is he really strong and smart, if he has hurt you like this?”

Kastarak decided on using traditional psychodynamic techniques. These were old human psychotherapeutic ones – older than cognitive and behavioural therapy. Betazoids, like Lovejoy, would be highly attuned to emotion, but there was something ‘off’ with Lovejoy, Kastarak saw. She didn’t speak much, didn’t speak much of emotions at all. Was she depressed? Perhaps these techniques would allow her to sense her own emotions, and bring them up in the room.

– Ensign Kastarak (doctor / counsellor)

“If you’re wondering if I am depressed I am. But I do not allow them to bother me when I am working. I don’t like to talk about my emotions cause I don’t use them as often as I used to.” She told the counselor as if she was shutting him out or something. She didn’t want to mention something that would damage her relationship with her and the captain.

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