Inpatient won't cure everything, but it can be a start. It's helpful for safety i and in terms of intensity (sometimes). Most inpatient places no longer are able to offer the intensity needed to help take some difficult issues because of budgetary and insurance restrictions. I went to a place in DC and stayed for almost 2 weeks, only for them to try to discharge me into a hurricane with no way home and no place else to stay. They recently changed their treatment format and had cut down the number of Times you meet with your therapist while there (I would have preferred daily, but they cut him down to 2 it 3 times a week). Many places have become focused on immediate standardization and leave the treatment piece up to outpatient clinicians... it all takes time and a while lot of effort to try to heal. I keep having to remind myself that every day. The good days are free and far between, and the darkness overshadows everything for me. I too wish I had the money for a short inpatient stay to help me get started again on fixing myself, but the lack of resources of limiting.
Could you talk to your t about your frustration? Maybe s/he could help you get some more intensive workcome on an outpatient basis?