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Forcing Positive Thinking On Clients and Other Bad Therapists

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

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How to Be a Successful Inpatient Psychiatric Therapist

Most people that are in an inpatient psych unit are there either because they've had a psychotic or a manic episode and they're a danger to themselves or others. So the goal of these places isn't to cure anybody's mental health. It's to stabilize so that they can leave and live in a least, what they call it, the least restrictive alternative. And I imagine to be successful and to like this kind of venue to work, you have to be a nerd for that kind of clientele.

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