I understand the concerns that "zenagent" has, but I as well feel I need to put my 2 cents in...
I was a senior program couselor at PV for 2 years. While I do have a psychology degree, I gained my most valuable counseling techniques from other program counselors, mainly those who do not have mental health or social health degrees. One of the best counselors that PV had was one that you specifically criticized as having only a GED, and I think that many former patients would attest to that.
As far as treatment of the patients is concerned, the majority of the counselors that I worked with, and myself, were always primarily concerned with patients' safety and well-being. We as counselors, put ourselves through rigorous work everyday, that drained us both physically and emotionally, took a large toll on our personal lives outside of the Village, and all for reimbursement that was close to nothing. The ONLY reason that I stayed at a job for so long that put me in constant physical danger, and was so emotionally taxing, was because I cared such a great deal about the kids that I worked with. Those kids deserved something so much greater than what they were doing to themselves prior to admission, whether it was drug use, eating disorders, cutting, burning, or suicide attempts.
That said, I believe that the staff at PV who work with the kids on a day-to-day basis care a great deal for these kids, or else they would not be working there. There are hundreds of other jobs that we could take, and make considerably more money. Whatever feelings or opinions that you have about the specific treatment of patients should be addressed to the clinical staff, not taken out on the staff who devote their lives to helping these kids. Whatever a person does in his or her own time, is their business. I mean... who said a job has to be everything that a person is?