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Better Late Than Never

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Hanbyul felt bad. Kyuhyun’s file had made it’s way onto her desk the moment he had been admitted but being the only psychological staff member at the hospital gave her added responsibilties, all of which had to be attended to immediately. Add in the single mom of three and the changes to her work schedule and the residents weren’t getting the time she wished she could give them. Nevertheless, she had made plans to turn the whole situation around for the benefit of her clients. 

She stepped into her office and Kyuhyun was already seated with the nurse escort waiting to be relieved by the doctor. She nodded at them to let them know they could go and she made her way to her desk, the nurse closing the door behind them. 

“I’m sorry about how late this session is coming for your Mr. Cho. First of all, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Dr. Park Hanbyul, the resident psychologist here at Seoul Psychiatric and I want to thank you for trusting me and this facility with your care.”

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-notice left on your desk as well as a voice mail on your work phone about the unknown whereabouts of Kwon Jiyong-

It was only a formal confirmation. Unfortunately, it had taken a few days for her to become suspicious of the fact that he had in fact left the facility without permission.

His normally scheduled session, as with her other clients, had been canceled Christmas week and she was not holding office hours that week nor present at the facility. She, in fact, wasn’t at Seoul Psychiatric the following week much either. Three days at the most. She spent the holiday and New Year season decorating, setting up guest rooms for her parents to stay in, opening presents with her children and parents, meeting her son’s boyfriend, their best friend. Being a mom and daughter. 

But, Hanbyul had become suspicious of Jiyong’s disappearance after he failed to appear for a quick check in on one of the days Hanbyul had worked the week after Christmas. At first, she just chalked it up to him not wanting to leave his room and had given him a pass, informing the nurses and staff to keep an eye on him for the next couple days and check on him. She wouldn’t try and force him out of his room but he would make sure the staff encouraged him to try and be active.

However, when she returned, she was informed that he hadn’t been found in his room or elsewhere on the grounds for that matter. A knot started to grow in the pit of her stomach as she put in the order of investigation, hoping that Jiyong had just found some obscure hidey hold on the grounds to disappear to and that would have to be closed up.

But the longer the investigation took, Hanbyul confirmed it personally for herself that he wasn’t on Seoul Psychiatric property, and hadn’t been for longer than she cared to admit. Regardless of what this said for security at the facility she once thought was respectable, well-grounded, and state of the art, she worried about what it would mean for Jiyong. This was, for lack of better terms, an alternative jail. In lieu of federal prison time, he was sent to the mental facility in the hopes of getting the care he needed for reformation (or be locked away for the rest of his life like the courts wanted). 

This wasn’t the first time he had done this and it was becoming quite clear that it wouldn’t be the last.

And it was even more clear they needed to hire more security and implement new, improved security measures.

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News and Other Things| Zelo

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Hanbyul was putting up another sigh-up sheet for group sessions. She hadn’t placed one in a while but only having two residents show was a bit of a downer. But, with the recent engagement among her clients, the small family problems that were arising with her clients, the things at home, the things at work, she realized that getting the residents to engage and talk with one another and find support among there housemates essentially was beneficial. Maybe they would show, maybe they wouldn’t. But she wouldn’t stop trying.

After placing the sign-up sheet at the nurses’ station, she got the keys to the cork board unlock the tempered plastic casing around it to hand up a flyer or two and in her endeavor, she came across Zelo, staring at the board. She wasn’t sure if he was actually looking at anything or even registered her existence but smiled at him either way, unlocking the case and attempting a conversation anyway.

“Zelo! Interested in group sessions? I’m started to hold them once a month.”

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From The Beginning | Miki

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Looking at the file before her, Hanbyul knew Miki would be a special case. Right off the bat, whoever had written the previous notes made sure that it was understood that this would have been the fifth facility the troubled young man would have entered. The previous four, mostly rehab based, did not seem to incite much of a change in the him and the doctor had to stop herself from criticizing professionals she had never met before. Of course, she herself was not there first hand and could only gather her newest client’s history from the various notes written in the file that accompanied him at registration but as he was only 20 years old and having been in four separate facilities already, it was obvious to her that none of the previous professionals had attempted to address the real question: what was underlying his addictions?

She shook her head softly as a soft rapping came to her office door, alerting her to his arrival for their session. She stood and called out with a cheery,”Come on in!” Hopefully she would have better luck.

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And Another One Goes | Seunghyun

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As Hanbyul walked into Seoul Psychiatric, (a couple hours late that is though it hardly mattered as she made her own schedule), she was really hoping that she would have a moment or two to get herself together before starting with sessions that Monday morning. It had been a bad morning for the twins and their day nurse. She had to take them to the doctor over the weekend and learned that they were perfect and healthy despite being premature and their current crying and fussiness could be due to colic. Which made getting ready for work that morning a hassle she didn’t expect that was only relieved a little when the day nurse arrived at the house and she still managed to be late.

She sighed as she neared the nurses’ station, grabbing messages and a reminder that her first client of the day was already waiting by her office with their nurse escort. Even though she had called ahead to say she would be late and they had told her about the appointment, she still forgot. With a rap to her own forehead, she reached into her bag, pulling out the file labeled “Choi Seunghyun”, taking the chance to get herself together a little better in the lobby before she reached her office. She buttoned up her light purple jacket over the off-white button down she had on, patting the matching slacks of any wrinkles that may have formed, and pulling her shoulder-length curls to one side over her shoulder after giving them a quick fluff and made her way down the staff wing hall, the figures of the newer resident and nurse coming into view. She held her hand out, giving him a smile.

“Mr. Choi, is it? Dr. Park Hanbyul. I’m sorry for any inconvenience there may have been for you. There was a slight family emergency this morning that needed to be attended to. But, please,” she nodded, opening the office door, “come in and have a seat and we’ll get started.”

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Getting Started | Minji

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Hanbyul smiled as Minji stepped into her office, hand pointing to one of the seats of in front of her chair.

“It’s been quite a while since we last met like this, Minji. I’m glad to see you looking well. Care to fill me in on things before we get started? How are you doing, hmm?”

It was genuine delight to see Minji. It wasn’t as if she didn’t care for her other clients, she probably cared too much in fact, but with Minji things were a bit more simplier and it gave her a chance to truly be a bit light-hearted and playful. If she had asked that question to anything of the others, it might have started the session immediately. It was just a nice change of pace.

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Filling in the Blanks | Seungwon

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The door to her office was open as she gathered her notes and papers together for her session with Seungwon. It had been a while since they had a proper session, or a proper conversation since they changed the time for his bi-monthly sessions. There was a lot to discuss and a lot to cover, especially considering his time away, his interactions with the other residents, and Eunhye alone. And if they were to get anywhere with treatment, if he even agreed to treatment, they were going to have to start somewhere.

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Group Session 1 | Jiyong & Minji

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Well, it wasn’t much of a group, that’s for sure.

Only two people had signed up for the session and they happened to be two of her own clients. Maybe she could use this session as a way of bridging therapy between the two of them.

One could only hope and try. It would be a start anyway. 

But she really wished there had been more of a response.