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.]
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 02:16 am (UTC)"I have the best friends," she shared, since the other girl seemed kinda down. Alluka wasn't feeling that great either--this meeting wasn't fun at all--but she tried to think of something that might make both of them feel better. "And, and we can both make more, can't we? So there's going to be a lot of memories."
Her head was going to be terribly crowded.
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 11:21 am (UTC)She could relate to the girl herself, yes. But even more than that, she could see shades of Anna there; shades of a child who didn't understand why suddenly the entire world had been taken away from her, and nobody would explain what had happened.
At least with Elsa, a lot of her seclusion had been self-imposed. Anna had never been given the choice. Or so much as an explanation.
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:23 pm (UTC)"You'd be friends with me?!"
She loved friends! Friends were the best!
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:28 pm (UTC)She would be happy to big sister you half to death, Alluka. She was just starting to get the hang of not being a horrible sibling, possibly even to her own detriment. Fear.
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:34 pm (UTC)And, well, hey, Alluka was all smiles now too. This totally made the meeting more fun.
"Me too! Me too! And, and you're in my magic class, right? So it'll be easy to see each other!"
They could also see each other outside of class too, but that was the first thing that came to her mind.
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:37 pm (UTC)She certainly planned on being there, so it wasn't as though it would be a terribly unlikely meeting, after all.
Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:41 pm (UTC)Re: Therapy! Discuss!
Date: 2015-06-05 12:46 pm (UTC)Deliver on the fun, Bob. There were cute little shut-in girls who were banking on it!