Pokétherapist Ozzie Wants to Schedule a Session!

Hi, I'm Dr. Ozzie, founder of PokéTherapy. Here we strive to help Pokémon overcome difficulties, rescue wild Pokémon from natural disasters, and train service Pokémon for future assistance to new trainers. Walk-ins are acceptable.

[sporesgalaxy]

I havent seen very much of Detective Pikachu but Im ready to be the most annoying bastard in Ryme city, pulling around my partner pokémon Grimer in a wagon at all times

[sporesgalaxy]

some jerk: wow thats gross and dangerous

me: you fool. you utter buffoon. you think I feed my beloved pet industrial waste? you think I let him drink pesticides and herbicides?? You think I give him access to fucking sewage??? He eats exclusively recyclables and biodegradible trash. If we took political action to limit pesticide usage and force huge companies to stop dumping waste in unsafe areas, the Grimer and Muk population could all be much healthier and safer to be around. In this TED talk, I will

[sporesgalaxy]

YES my partner is a Grimer. YES I carry rubber gloves on my person at all times so I can pet him when he is a good boy. WE EXIST.

[uwukawaiihours]

OP what is his name

[sporesgalaxy]

Scrungus

[shavostars]

I think about pokemon in non-battle situations a lot. Like pokemon who have been trained/raised to be helpers and assistants than to be battle partners.

Pokemon visiting hospitals to cheer patients up like dogs and cats do. Or ones that help kids learn to read, speak, swim, go through therapy?! Even pokemon who’s abilities help owners with specific disabilities?!

I love thinking of pokemon outside of battle situations.

[thebigblackwolfe-deactivated201]

Service Pokemon!

SERVICE POKEMON!!!!

[bland-pokemon-headcanons]

Do you have any references on what make the best comfort/therapy Pokemon? I know Meganium are very popular for that sort of thing, but do you have any other recommendations? Thank you and sorry if this has been asked before! I tried searching on your blog, but it seems like that's not working?

That’s a pretty difficult question.

It depends a lot on the needs, lifestyles, and personality of the person using the Pokémon. Someone with PTSD due to a fire, for example, would do poorly with a Flareon. Someone with sensitivities to bright lights could not live with an Umbreon or Espeon.

That said, Kirlia, Kadabara, Clefairy, Popplio, and Growlithe are very popular service Pokémon.

[pokecology]

workplace pokemon?

 So I’ve been in the middle of a kind of massive life shift, transitioning from being a grad student to working an office job. One of the first things I did when I got the office job was get a few plants (clado algae, a Tillandsia ionatha) for my open cubicle workspace. I’d love a planted nano aquarium, but that seems like a stretch because of desk space, maintenance, and also because I’m not sure it would fly with the supervisors. 

 As I am wont to do, I started thinking about workplace pokemon. Do you think professional office spaces would limit what pokemon were allowed? Would office workers naturally have smaller, more docile pokemon to accommodate their lifestyle? Desktop bellsprout bred to grow to around 6″ max, maybe, or tiny tangela? Would workspaces limit pokemon by type (grass type produce less/different forms of waste, e.g., and so are acceptable), or would office spaces in the pokeverse be made to accommodate all types? Would there be an office daycare or a special courtyard park for lunch break exercise?  

[pokecology]

 I just realized, my workplace (a large building with four or five dif. companies in it) has a small fitness gym on the ground floor. I bet workplaces would have small pokemon gyms– training bags, a small obstacle course, probably some sort of pool for water types. I bet they’d mostly be small and inadequate and vaguely depressing, like small office fitness centers are…

[spindamiibo]

headcanon: there’s a daycare in at least one of the regions where instead of being used for breeding it’s Pokemon’s old friends senior dog sanctuary, where stray/lost elderly Pokemon can spend the rest of their lives at!

[brookietf]

Definitely. <3

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Old Friends Senior Pokemon Sanctuary is where I would want to work :D

[priestessamy]

[Picture of a sleepy battle-scarred gyrados sunbathing] Mr. Johannsen loves his sunshine!

[Adorable old lady comment] He’s a handsome soldier

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

GASPS

someone draw this :D

[bumblepuppy]

Okay sorry, I love this.

[count-of-saint-germain]

Ill never see megaevolution in the same way

[inversionimpulse]

… This isn’t as new as people seem to think it is. Mega Lucario has always been relentless and brutal. Mega Glalie has always had a broken jaw. It was only in supplementary materials and stuff, so it was hard to find and relatively unknown, but the dangers of Mega Evolution have always been around.

AND THAT’S THE THING. That’s where the ‘love and trust’ from X and Y comes in.

Because Mega Evolution is psychotically dangerous for a lot of Pokemon. So they need a skilled trainer that they trust to see them safely through it. Because that love and trust lets them stay in control of themselves

Because if they have that, they can rise to ever higher heights. They can get closer to being the best. Because Pokemon are competitive by nature, and most of them want to be the strongest. To be a master, right?

If you Mega Evolve your Pokemon, you’re not being cruel to your Pokemon and forcing them through terrible pain for more power. You and your Pokemon are, together, making the decision to do something dangerous, because you trust each other to make it through safely, because you trust each other to make use of this terrifying power and come out on top.

Mega Evolution is scary as hell, but it’s not evil unless you make it so.

[indygnation]

This.

Remember what happened to Korrina’s Lucario after it gained it’s Mega Evolution in the Anime?  

And how Korrina had to painstakingly bond with it again, despite being years soulmates with it?

I do.

[nihilistwife]

Everytime I see someone’s edgy theory about how capturing Pokémon is wrong, I remember that time in Sinnoh it was explicitly stated that Pokémon approach trainers specifically to engage in battle and how it’s implied multiple times throughout the series that Pokémon engage in battle and competitions for their own prestige and it’s just a symbiotic relationship that a respectful trainer gets a career for helping raise a powerful Pokémon while the Pokémon gets access to stronger opponents and more varied experiences than it ever would in its native habitat

[invigoratingcheese]

Also in the first episode of the anime Ash asks why a wild pokemon is attacking Pikachu and his pokedex says that wild pokemon are often jealous of pokemon with trainers.

[taggthewanderer]

#keep your edgy shit away from my pokemon plz n thx

[guid0mista-deactivated20180528]

Service Pokemon

Nonverbal pokemon trainers with psychic type pokemon that help them communicate.

Blind or visually impaired pokemon trainers with psychic or dog-like pokemon that act as a guide.

d/D/HoH pokemon trainers with psychic type pokemon that translate the sounds around them into the trainer’s mind.

Dissociative pokemon trainers with small fluffy pokemon that make soft repetitive sounds to help ground them.

Autistic pokemon trainers with pokemon of a variety of different textures for stimming purposes or a familiar texture to reset when overstimulated.

Pokemon trainers with memory problems with pokemon that have the pickup ability that help them to not forget their keys or phone anywhere.

Pokemon trainers with violent impulses with fighting type pokemon that enjoy helping their trainers act on those impulses in a safe manner.

Pokemon trainers with mood disorders and/or anxiety with chanseys, blisseys, audinos, togepis, togetics, togekisses, and meganiums to help them feel better when they are feeling down.

Paranoid pokemon trainers with absols so that they can count on being warned before anything bad can happen.

Autistic pokemon trainers with lucarios to help them pick up on social cues by reading others’ auras.

Chronically ill pokemon trainers with pokemon that know sweet scent so that they don’t feel as self conscious when they are unable to shower very often.

Pokemon trainers with insomnia with altarias, poliwhirls, munnas, and musharnas to help them get to sleep at night without forcing them.

Pokemon trainers with hypersomnia or narcolepsy with pokemon that have the ability sweet veil to help them to stay awake during the day.

Pokemon trainers with misophonia with pokemon that have the soundproof ability to protect them from loud noises. 

Trauma survivor pokemon trainers with pokemon that know dream eater to stop them from having nightmares.

Autistic pokemon trainers with chatots for echolalia. 

Chronically ill pokemon trainers with pokemon that know acupressure or heal bell to ease chronic pain.

Pokemon trainers with heart problems with electric type pokemon that can act as an emergency defibrillator.

Pokemon helping mentally ill, otherwise neurodivergent, and physically disabled pokemon trainers to feel safe and to be able to do things that society says that they cannot do due to their disabilities.

(Please add more if you think of anything! ^_^)

[p-dottie]

Disabled pokemon trainers with strong, quadrapedal pokemon to pull wheelchairs or act as a counter balance to replace a cane or walker.

[magical-awesome-kid]

Pokemon bonded so closely that they act as emotional support animals.

People with depression and anxiety constantly having companions to ground them.

People who are physically disabled/immobile to an extent have pokemon companions able to carry them when they are in need.

Chansey giving her eggs to her trainer when they cannot eat anything else due to sensory/texture/just not feeling like eating when they haven’t for at least a day.

Just imagine…

[poketherapy]

Welcome to PokéTherapy!

To spread the word of my new job and trainer class, I will make progress posts on any patients I have when development is made. Feel free to send me asks and requests (once I get the ask box working), and if you want to join, send me a resume through the fan mail box (if that is even working too). Once Rotom and I get the technical stuff taken care of, expect updates of Pokémon who need a little more love than they deserve.