Confidence will come with time and experience in your new mode. [A brief coughing fit and a hrumph] I am assuming you have only been here a few years, of course.

And actually...thank you. The opportunity to give counsel is...I missed it.

[He leans back and considers his words.] Back in my world I am a criminal, an outlaw, a fugitive. I can never hold a public practice again. But this place....

The need for a practicing psychotherapist--at least one--is intense here. And the people that I would be treating...! Imagine it, comrade. People from alternate societies, the future, the past, magickal worlds, worlds where space travel is common...and all thrown into most unusual circumstances on a regular basis. To be a part of a society wherein my skills are needed, and my background not that unusual...it is a fascinating idea.