Life Inside a Psych Unit and Therapy for Rock Bands

One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit is an HBO documentary
about life inside an in-patient facility in Queens that
specializes in helping people of college age who are in acute
crisis. The filmmakers, Alexandra Shiva and Lindsay Megrue,
introduce a variety of patients who have been through experiences
such as suicide attempts or drug overdoses and they spotlight the
unique care being administered. In-patient care has certainly
been depicted often in movies and TV but this is one of few
documentary approaches. Then, we’re joined by Sarah Souder
Johnson, a clinician at Sentier Psychotherapy in Saint Paul,
Minnesota who offers therapy for rock bands. We talk about the
challenges and rewards of that and what it can teach all of us
about families and groups even if we’re not a wicked guitar
soloist.


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