I went to Two Rivers in Kansas City: at the time they had a trauma unit that was separate from the rest of the psych ward. I am not sure that they still do that.

It was helpful in some respects: it was good for me to just be around other people with dissociative symptoms, to hear how they experience them. It was helpful for me to learn the biological effects of trauma and how that plays into my symptoms. It was really nice to not have to spend energy staying safe. There were some helpful group things; music and art therapy for example. It gave me a framework to start putting my experiences into.

I was there for a week, discharged for about a week and then went back for 5 days. 5 days was all my insurance wanted to pay for. I could have insisted that I was still suicidal and I think they could have gotten insurance approval, but I didn't try that.

I went there thinking that they would work on integration-that is what my pdoc thought when he referred me there. They used to do that, but don't anymore. They said that this is due to shorter stays due to insurance.

Even now, if I learned of a good place where they would do integration work, I would probably go there. I am still working on integration and healing and would like it if the pace would pick up.