Tyron Thompson

Employee Profile - Tyron Thompson

Tyron Thompson was working as a therapist with the child and adolescent unit at Millwood Hospital when he came across a particularly difficult client.The young man wouldn't communicate and didn't appear to be engaged in the therapeutic process.Eventually, the patient's potential to cause harm had decreased enough for him to step down from the hospital environment , but Thompson felt they had never really connected.

A few days later, a woman brought her son to the hospital, and asked specifically for Thompson.When he asked how she had been referred to him, he got a surprising answer.

"The patient I had difficulty engaging had recommended me," Thompson recalls.Now that he has been named Clinical Director after four years at the 120-bed hospital, Thompson offers the story as a lesson to his staff, who consistently deal with difficult cases in short time periods.

"Sometimes you can't measure progress in what you see in front of you," Thompson says.
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Now, Clinical Director, Thompson calls his staff the 110 percent crew, acknowledging the extra efforts they make in patient care.He gets involved in the community, building up a positive rapport with the hospital's neighbors in order change any negative perceptions they may have of a mental health facility.

When speaking with patients, he often emphasizes the self-esteem building mantra, "I can.I am.I will."He's seen how the simple act of repeating those words can transform them into reality."It shifts the focus from negative to positive," he says.

Tyron Thompson, LMSW - Director of Clinical Services