Psych profiles are an optional part of the post-recruitment process handled by the DS13 Counseling Department. It acts as a prompt and opportunity for one-on-one character interaction and conversation, for those who want to expound more on their character’s history and personality.
A written evaluation (on our part, not yours!) is usually the result of these interviews and gives you the chance to see if your character is coming across the way you want him/her to, at least from one player’s perspective. They usually take about 1 to 1.5 hrs (see template report for more info) and are by appointment only. To have one scheduled, contact the Counseling Department Head (Katriel@evenrue) or another counselor of your choice.
Note that any advance information on your character that would be found in a Starfleet dossier on the nets would be highly appreciated. :geek:
EVALUATOR'S NAME: (evaluator's name)
AUTHORITY: (evaluator's credentials)
SUBJECT'S NAME:
INTERVIEW STARDATE:
PURPOSE AND CONTEXT OF EVALUATION
Psychological evaluations tend to fall in one of three categories.
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Basic Profile Assessment: A holistic interview to develop familiarity and a baseline expectation of personality and behavior. These are "no stakes" evaluations where the counselor is looking to get to know the officer a bit better and to simply provide an account of meeting.
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Counseling Routine Exam: The mental health equivalent of medical's 'physical' exam, this interview checks on the general mental health and emotional wellness of the officer.
- Psychological Fitness Evaluation: An interview requisitioned by a command authority to evaluate an officer's fitness for duty and/or for command. These evaluations are more intensive and tend to focus on the specific incidents that led to the mandate. Evaluation results are often directly utilized by command authorities to assist in decisions regarding the officer's career. Failure to meet certain standards in these evaluations may negatively impact an officer's career in a variety of ways.
CONCLUSION
The evaluator's final assessment of the subject goes here.
DISCUSSION
The evaluator's more indepth notes and findings go here.
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: # hrs
END OF EVALUATION.
[] Counseling Routine Exam: The mental health equivalent of medical's 'physical' exam, this interview checks on the general mental health and emotional wellness of the officer.
[] Psychological Fitness Evaluation: An interview requisitioned by a command authority to evaluate an officer's fitness for duty and/or for command. These evaluations are more intensive and tend to focus on the specific incidents that led to the mandate. Evaluation results are often directly utilized by command authorities to assist in decisions regarding the officer's career. Failure to meet certain standards in these evaluations may negatively impact an officer's career in a variety of ways.
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CONCLUSION
The evaluator's final assessment of the subject goes here.
DISCUSSION
The evaluator's more indepth notes and findings go here.
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: # hrs
END OF EVALUATION.
Please note that psychological evaluations are different from getting counseling / receiving therapy. Though sometimes counselors will offer advice/counsel in evaluations, true therapy and consultation appointments will be more involved, more focused on the 'problems' ailing the officer, and they do not necessarily result in filed reports.
Once finished, the evaluator should post his/her report as a reply to this thread, which will then be merged into the alphabetized list.