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Star Trek: Discovery season 3 is highlighting the need for a ship's Counselor. 1 / 9

Keyla Detmer has struggled with mental health since landing the Discovery and avoiding a crash... 2 / 9

While Dr. Hugh Culber has essentially been the ship's Counselor, he's struggled too... 3 / 9

Which is also the case for Emperor Georgiou. 4 / 9

Counselor Deanna Troi is the only really notable example of a ship's Counselor on Star Trek... 5 / 9

With Ezri Dax having briefly done this on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 6 / 9

This is likely due to mental health issues being regarded as taboo until fairly recently... 7 / 9

But that has changed in modern times, with counseling being seen in popular culture often. 8 / 9

With the crew of the Discovery having reunited with Starfleet, a counselor can now be added to the crew. 9 / 9