An average day in the life of a psychologist is a frenetic one. At 9AM he talks with a woman who is angry at her husband for not taking out the garbage. At 10AM he discovers his next client was sexually assaulted three weeks ago and is considering suicide. His 11AM appointment involves playing Connect Four with a teenage boy who is having trouble making friends at school, followed by court-ordered treatment with a convicted sex offender at noon. He meets with a colleague at 1PM where clinical cases are discussed and at 2PM heads across town for his own therapy. He comes back at 3:30 to see a millionaire patient who wants a $10 reduction in fee, works with a grieving widow at 4:30, and then watches a marriage dissolve in front of his eyes at 6PM. And it's only Monday. Is it any wonder then that therapists are often depressed and anxious, and are prone to panic attacks, OCD, and PTSD? Or that they take Zoloft, antipsychotics, drink too much and have horrible personal relationships? Crazy is the story of how one mental health professional and his colleagues deal with their own "stuff" while working with people who are suffering. Part expose and part memoir, Crazy reveals what therapists really think about their profession, their colleagues, their patients, and their own lives.
