THE DAY HOSPITAL: A MEMOIR SECOND EDITION AVAILABLE NOW
Due to popular demand, the second edition of The Day Hospital: A Memoir has been released with updates including pandemic reflections and author name.
“The Day Hospital is a deeply personal account of living with a mental health disorder that offers glimmers of hope”
— Bedside Book Review
About the Author
Josh Cutler, MSW, LICSW
Josh is a seasoned psychotherapist, licensed clinical social worker, and leader driving change in the mental health system. He speaks frequently on the topics of wellness, burnout, self-care, and mindfulness. He is the author of The Day Hospital: A Memoir.
Excerpts from the first edition
The Mighty: Why I Hide What's in My Medicine Cabinet
Medium: The Day Hospital
“The Day Hospital shares one man’s journey to reclaim his mind and life from personal tragedy and genetic predisposition to mental illness.”
— Anonymous
“A journey of hope and acceptance.”
— Dorothy Van Soest, author of Just Mercy and At The Center
Articles and Quotes
“We can’t experience excitement without disappointment. We don’t have a magic mute button to mute our emotions.”
— Josh Cutler, MSW, LICSW
From the article and podcast Understanding the Interplay between Mindsets, Feelings, and Behaviors
“We all have biases, conscious and unconscious, that come from many influences as we mature. The first step in changing thoughts or behaviors that make you unhappy is to observe them and accept yourself as a person who isn't perfect but is striving to be better. Aligning with your values is a very effective way to shift your approach to the world. As you consider certain thoughts and behaviors, you may see that they are out of line with how you want to show up and the world you want to live in.”
- Josh Cutler, MSW, LICSW
From the article “What if we could all learn to be more tolerant.”
"There just has to be a level of acceptance,” encourages Josh. “We can fight these changes, or we can put that energy into focusing on what you can do in this moment, today.”
- Josh Cutler, MSW, LICSW
From the article Dealing with sustained change following COVID-19
Licensed clinical social worker Josh Cutler has helped many navigate the mental health care system. The process, he says, can be frustrating, even more so because people seeking care for mental health issues may already be incredibly stressed. When they bump up against difficulty getting the help they need, they can become even more distressed or drop life-saving treatments.
“People might reach out to a hotline, and they’re given a list of counselors,” Cutler says. “Then they call 10 and no one calls back. The road to obtaining really good care is rife with difficulty and has great potential for exacerbating despair.”
Now, as manager of telebehavioral health at Seattle health care network Swedish, part of the Providence St. Joseph Health system, Cutler is helping change how primary care providers deliver mental health care to their patients. He’s building a team of clinicians who can offer virtual visits, blended therapy that happens both electronically and in person, and computerized screening tools that more efficiently pinpoint patients’ needs.
From the article Making Good On The Promise of Computerized Therapy
“We wanted to build something dedicated to caregivers,” says Josh Cutler, a licensed clinical social worker who helped launched the service. “Before and especially during (COVID-19), we have been at the center of an epidemic of burnout and suicide in healthcare. We needed to give (providers) something that would address that on their terms.”
From the article Healthcare Looks to Telehealth to Address Physician Burnout, Stress
Podcasts on Seasonal Affective Disorder and Suicide Prevention featuring Josh Cutler, MSW, LICSW posted to Credible Mind.