22 Phoenix place, Wednesday afternoon
Jun. 3rd, 2015 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sharp_as_knivesSo, the group therapy sessions were to begin today. There hadn't been much terrible island trauma in some time, but there had been the minor ones, and surely some people had issues of their own. Hannibal was curious to see how many would show. The chairs and sofas in his office had been arranged into a loose and seemingly haphazard grouping designed to eliminate pressure from any one position.
After some deliberation, he'd decided that the food shouldn't overpower the discussion, and had gone with an assortment of very good cheeses, a few homemade sausages, fresh-baked bread and crackers, and a few types of jam. Plus, naturally, coffee, tea, and water.
When the time came to start, he nodded at the people there. "Before we begin, I must insist on a few things. First, there is to be no judgement. You may question each other, you may say you would do things differently, but this is to be a supportive environment for all. Also, anything said here remains here. Unless you are explicitly told otherwise, whatever you hear is not to be repeated." He waved toward the rear of the house. "The squirrels are currently working on a ridiculously good bottle of rum. The rest of you will simply have to be trustworthy."
He looked them over. "I thought to begin, we might start with stories. What is something you have had happen to you on the island - good or bad - that you would never have conceived of where you came from? And also, if you will, what is it you hope to get from this group, if anything?"
Hannibal smiled. "I can say from my own perspective that there are many things I never would have conceived of. Meeting aliens, being possessed, being a woman, being a child. It's fascinating, but it was quite an adjustment. And what I'm hoping for is to help people to make that adjustment." He looked expectant and waited for the next person to speak up.
[OOC: Open post! Other than who came and what Hannibal set up the office for, the rest is NFB due to therapy and squirrel bribes.]
After some deliberation, he'd decided that the food shouldn't overpower the discussion, and had gone with an assortment of very good cheeses, a few homemade sausages, fresh-baked bread and crackers, and a few types of jam. Plus, naturally, coffee, tea, and water.
When the time came to start, he nodded at the people there. "Before we begin, I must insist on a few things. First, there is to be no judgement. You may question each other, you may say you would do things differently, but this is to be a supportive environment for all. Also, anything said here remains here. Unless you are explicitly told otherwise, whatever you hear is not to be repeated." He waved toward the rear of the house. "The squirrels are currently working on a ridiculously good bottle of rum. The rest of you will simply have to be trustworthy."
He looked them over. "I thought to begin, we might start with stories. What is something you have had happen to you on the island - good or bad - that you would never have conceived of where you came from? And also, if you will, what is it you hope to get from this group, if anything?"
Hannibal smiled. "I can say from my own perspective that there are many things I never would have conceived of. Meeting aliens, being possessed, being a woman, being a child. It's fascinating, but it was quite an adjustment. And what I'm hoping for is to help people to make that adjustment." He looked expectant and waited for the next person to speak up.
[OOC: Open post! Other than who came and what Hannibal set up the office for, the rest is NFB due to therapy and squirrel bribes.]
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Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:53 am (UTC)"I've never been all that good at hiding either, anyway," she admitted. "I'd usually attempt to do both by barricading myself in my bedroom."
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 10:42 pm (UTC)Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-06 01:56 am (UTC)She wasn't about to name names. No, Raven and Celia weren't especially concerned about secret identities or anything of the like, but Karina certainly had been, even if she'd left at the beginning of summer.
"It worries me, though," she added. "Bringing somebody else along. As much as they help to keep me grounded, I'm always afraid I'll hurt them. Even then, I suppose not all of those offers have come from people that I can actually injure."
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-08 02:58 am (UTC)There were other ways, too, but somehow he didn't think the techniques he'd used on Will would work here.
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-08 11:54 am (UTC)"Well... then I'll have to keep trying," Elsa decided, smiling tentatively. "It's worth it, if only to know I won't accidentally do something that I'll end up regretting later."