So true. I initially lamented that I didn't find employment in adjunct therapy at a hospital during a recession in the early 80's and ended up in corrections, but after seeing the changes in mental health treatment in healthcare settings, I realized I had been blessed. I was able to meet with people without worrying about billing hours,…
So true. I initially lamented that I didn't find employment in adjunct therapy at a hospital during a recession in the early 80's and ended up in corrections, but after seeing the changes in mental health treatment in healthcare settings, I realized I had been blessed. I was able to meet with people without worrying about billing hours, had correctional responses to use if clients didn't want to actually make efforts to change destructive behaviors and saw a lot of success. Of course that is also changing now due to woke-ism, but at least in that system, the public expects results and will have influence again. Not sure about healthcare.
It was pretty bad when I left 4 years ago. I sponsor several people who are in high level admin positions who are also in recovery / and they have told me I never woulda lasted in todays world. Terms like “microagression” would have had me walking out of those kinds of meetings. I was not a typical mental health person in that I made my patients work hard and make recovery their own. They were never coddled and I was not a fan of long term government dope (buperenorphine, etc) bc I saw how it worked both in practice and administratively. It’s to make money. I was a terrible businessman as a director bc if someone couldn’t afford treatment I looked the other way. When there wasn’t $ in addiction treatment I got away with it; once the $ came in it was a matter of time.
Same here, re pretty bad when I left, though two years ago. The people in managerial roles were further and further removed from the work, used stupid buzzwords as if that gave them credibility and had no sincere desire/ability to help anyone, clients or staff. At least when the ___ rose to the top in the past, those people realized their limitations and let the rest do the work, but it seems that the same inept people now flex and demonstrate "macroaggression" if challenged lol. I sometimes think some of us are guilty of abandoning people who need real help, but if you're hamstrung/micromanaged and the environment will eventually make you sick, you have to do what you can and be satisfied that you did all you could as long as you were able.
Agree 100%. I do what I can today and I don’t charge a dime. You can’t compete with free lol! During Covid I discovered zoom and was able to do a lot of good recovery work via zoom. I now pay it forward with recovering nurses for my state. So I’m doing the work thank God I don’t need the money and I don’t have a bunch of stuff to wade through. It’s the greatest “job” I’ve ever had.
That's great! I gave most of my people my cell number before I left, so getting occasional calls for support or congrats or finding furniture... Maybe this is better.
So true. I initially lamented that I didn't find employment in adjunct therapy at a hospital during a recession in the early 80's and ended up in corrections, but after seeing the changes in mental health treatment in healthcare settings, I realized I had been blessed. I was able to meet with people without worrying about billing hours, had correctional responses to use if clients didn't want to actually make efforts to change destructive behaviors and saw a lot of success. Of course that is also changing now due to woke-ism, but at least in that system, the public expects results and will have influence again. Not sure about healthcare.
It was pretty bad when I left 4 years ago. I sponsor several people who are in high level admin positions who are also in recovery / and they have told me I never woulda lasted in todays world. Terms like “microagression” would have had me walking out of those kinds of meetings. I was not a typical mental health person in that I made my patients work hard and make recovery their own. They were never coddled and I was not a fan of long term government dope (buperenorphine, etc) bc I saw how it worked both in practice and administratively. It’s to make money. I was a terrible businessman as a director bc if someone couldn’t afford treatment I looked the other way. When there wasn’t $ in addiction treatment I got away with it; once the $ came in it was a matter of time.
Same here, re pretty bad when I left, though two years ago. The people in managerial roles were further and further removed from the work, used stupid buzzwords as if that gave them credibility and had no sincere desire/ability to help anyone, clients or staff. At least when the ___ rose to the top in the past, those people realized their limitations and let the rest do the work, but it seems that the same inept people now flex and demonstrate "macroaggression" if challenged lol. I sometimes think some of us are guilty of abandoning people who need real help, but if you're hamstrung/micromanaged and the environment will eventually make you sick, you have to do what you can and be satisfied that you did all you could as long as you were able.
Agree 100%. I do what I can today and I don’t charge a dime. You can’t compete with free lol! During Covid I discovered zoom and was able to do a lot of good recovery work via zoom. I now pay it forward with recovering nurses for my state. So I’m doing the work thank God I don’t need the money and I don’t have a bunch of stuff to wade through. It’s the greatest “job” I’ve ever had.
That's great! I gave most of my people my cell number before I left, so getting occasional calls for support or congrats or finding furniture... Maybe this is better.