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[consortofalderaan]

I have a proposal I want to make.

To put it diplomatically, I do not think the Bureau-run support groups are helpful. Meeting others dealing with new memories of past lives is good, but the way the Bureau runs their meetings has no other benefit.

I am a therapist; this is an area I’m well trained for.

But I would like to know if this worth pursuing.

How many would be interested if we started our own support group, completely separate from the Bureau?

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[consortofalderaan]

[ Bail nods his head. He has seen Ben's scars first hand. ]

A clinic that addresses all of that would be... large in scope. Which would mean we would need a large staff. And funding. Lots of funding.

[not_as_i_do]

I don't suppose the Bureau itself would be amenable...? I mean, there are some people here who'd sooner cut off their arms than go to them, but I feel that's a little ... extremist, considering how little we know.

[consortofalderaan]

[ Bail has to nod at that. Tensions between the Bureau and the Different were not low.

He is choosing his words carefully. ]

Transparency should always be key. And so should privacy. But... I don't see how we could get the funding otherwise. And, for many of us, we'd run into a problem we're facing now - we can't exactly tell our current health care providers what we are going through.

If the majority of staff are actually Different, perhaps it could help both those who need specialized care and convince those with misgivings about the Bureau.

[not_as_i_do]

[he's impressed by Bail's diplomacy with the subject: how he meets it straight on yet handles it gently]

Well ... that means before we go to them with the idea, we should know what sort of staff we need. And if they'd agree to helping. Then we could tell them "so and so is already on board for this", and I'd help with the physical aspects, and you'd do the other. I've written enough grant applications to know a solid proposal is half the work done already.

[consortofalderaan]

[ And this was why he was bringing this planning to Martin. Martin really was the only other one who understood the bureaucracy of starting a practice. ]

Then let's get to work.