I work at an inpatient facility, and this pretty much describes what it is like there. It is a place where patients can stay safe. It doesn't provide healing, but perhaps you would learn some coping skills through the many group therapy sessions. Healing will come in your subsequent work outside the hospital. Inpatient is for crisis and stabilization. Where I work, the psychiatrists see patients once a day, the therapists about every other day (for individual therapy). Groups are daily. You can't see your outpatient therapist while there for therapy, but you can have visits from your T. There is a loss of privacy while there, as staff must make visual contact with all patients at least every 15 minutes, to assure safety. Many patients have reported to me that the best thing about their stay was meeting other people who had similar challenges and concerns. It helped them feel not alone.