insight

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Dr. Luke Rex is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience working in high-acuity adolescent treatment centers, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, and most recently, within California’s state prison system. His work has provided profound access into the emotional lives of young people and the institutional systems around them.

A passionate advocate for adolescent mental health, Dr. Rex has also directed and co-created original theatrical works with teens during his time on faculty at The Young Actors Studio in North Hollywood. Now, merging clinical insight with creative storytelling, Dr. Rex is developing Insight — a poignant, often darkly funny, and emotionally charged drama following the lives of psychologists, patients, families, and staff navigating the complexities of mental health care. The series aims to destigmatize psychological treatment, deepen awareness, and explore what it truly means to help.

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Title: Insight (Limited Series, 3 Installments, 6–8 Episodes Each)

Genre: Drama

Logline: Over the course of a decade, a young psychologist rises from predoctoral intern to licensed clinician, moving through the layers of America’s fractured care systems — from a nonprofit youth clinic to a private adolescent treatment center, and ultimately into a California state prison — in a journey marked by burnout, moral tension, and unexpected human connection.

Four doctoral interns complete a dual-track internship at a youth mental health and substance use clinic in the San Fernando Valley. They treat a broad range of teens — from court-involved clients in residential diversion programs to those seeking outpatient therapy — all while navigating family dynamics, group work, and supervision inside a stretched public system.

Now postdocs, three of the interns reunite at a private adolescent RTC divided between two homes in the Calabasas mountains. One clinician is paired with an ACSW in a high-acuity treatment house until he brings in a former classmate to join the team. Amid DCFS calls, crisis holds, staff burnout, and family upheaval, the clinicians work toward licensure — and survival.

Now licensed, both psychologists take on contracted roles inside a Level 4 maximum-security prison in California. Assigned to different units, they reunite in a system where rehabilitation is rarely prioritized, and redemption is hard-won. Among staff, views diverge — some see inmates as irredeemable, others still believe in the potential for change. Within this stark environment, fleeting but powerful moments of connection emerge, challenging assumptions about justice, humanity, and what it means to care in a place built to confine.