Weird types of therapy

Interesting.
I think I found the documentary, “Warrendale,” on YouTube.
Have not watched it yet:

YouTube

And, “Inside Warrendale”.
YouTube

There’s also a news article
Historicist: Warrendale, a Mental Health Treatment Centre for Children

And a website for staff and residents of the subsequent ”Browndale”.
Browndale

There's actually a tv show where women do this. I forget what it's called...

Though more expansive and inclusive than psychotherapy, there is one long list here Types of Medical Therapy

Interesting finds:

Salt therapy
Greyhound therapy
Aquarium therapy
Rescue therapy
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy

Chinese food therapy

So, out of curiosity i googled "greyhound therapy" assuming it had something to do with dogs.

Nope. It's not therapy at all. It was basically the practice of buying ticket for troublesome clients and putting them on a Greyhound bus to get rid of them. YIKES!

Haha... Don't tell my T about that one. She'll send me on a trip I'm sure.

How about the practice of journeying beyond the boundaries of our known world into the spirit world?

That's what I was doing before my T disappeared into another world, neglecting to tell me when she might reappear or offering referrals to other spirit guides.

The more perspective I get...the weirder it seems.

Oh. I forgot to mention that she wanted to bill my insurance company for sessions conducted without my participation from the World Beyond. And when she returned to town, she wanted to pick up where she left off....five months later.

Yes , unfortunately I've just had dealings with someone who has lost touch with reality and I don't know what planet he's on.....

Holy crap! I did see a couple Ts advertising quite explicitly that they are deeply spiritually connected and travel to other worlds. But not that they conduct telepathic sessions or talk to spirits on behalf of the client and charge the insurer for their private trips or whatever they are.

Unfortunately it is not that uncommon that Ts lose touch with reality, from what I have seen.

The therapist actually brought up goat yoga today. She wasn't suggesting it or anything.

One of the other Ts in my Ts group has a cool old therapy dog that will sit with you during your sessions if you want. I can imagine that might be really stress relieving and comforting.

It was not all that long ago.
Nevada Sued For ‘Greyhound Therapy’ For Mentally Ill Patients
“Greyhound therapy” patients win lawsuit against NV hospital | The Sacramento Bee

I suppose if Info and I have a session together shopping at the mall, that’ll be weird.

Head Case (a tv show - not real)
Dr. Elizabeth Goode is a brash, unconventional and judgmental therapist and thus has become the "it" therapist to those in Hollywood that need some help. Her office is filled with a who's who world of entertainment, sport and music. And even though she is not your typical therapist, her patients always wind up returning for another session.

This is really a tragedy. What's most concerning is there were entire groups of clinicians and others conspiri g to dump patients rather than one 'bad apple'.

"Bus Therapy" has been going on significantly since the 1960's, escalating also under the Reagan administration that drastically cut funding for state mental hospitals. The historical term is "deinstitutionalization." The problem is there aren't enough resources devoted to state hospitals (has anyone really heard of a therapist in the community putting people on buses?), which means there are not enough beds, so they have to keep the sickest people and discharge those who are the most likely to survive on the streets. The other problem is that we don't have places in the community where people discharged from the hospital (a good thing, especially if they don't want to be institutionalized) can go to live and receive help, not enough group homes, or even shelters with mental health resources. It's not as if the state hospital staff don't like certain people and ship them out on a bus. They don't have enough beds and there aren't community resources to send them too, so they put them on buses to places that are less populated or who have greater resources for homeless people. It's not about therapy, it's about a lack of funding at all levels of government to care for people who need help. The problem with the theory of deinstitutionalization is that it asserted a noble motive (to release people from mental hospitals to the community) but it didn't follow through with the resources to actually help them. Increase in homelessness, increase in the mentally ill being arrested, blah blah.

I understand deinstitutionalization and its history but its no excuse to do what they are doing and put people in harm's way. That does not justify the actions of these clinicians.

If you don't have a bed for someone in the hospital, then you can't admit them. If there's someone who needs the bed more, then you have to discharge someone else. It's not about excuses, it's the reality of the state mental hospitals. I think it's a failure to fund the mental health care system adequately, not the failure of staff at the hospital. In the community I live in, the lack of available beds in the hospital even for short term stays and the lack of places for people in the community is appalling. I understand I see it differently than you and I'm okay with that.

Yes, but when they were held accountable $4 million in funding mysteriously appeared.

Our city has an enormous homeless problem. We live on the west coast, and a lot of the victims of "bus therapy" get sent here. It's terrible.

I agree, i think the failure is also the result of insurance companies reimburse Inpatient mental health care poorly..if insurances cover it at all.