# 217. What It’s Really Like Working Inside a Prison as a Therapist with Ana Godoy

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Podcast: [The Traveling Therapist Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-traveling-therapist-podcast-4676504)
Published: 2026-05-13T09:00:00+00:00
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Working inside a prison as a therapist is not something most clinicians ever picture for themselves. But for Ana Godoy, it turned out to be one of the most humbling, eye-opening experiences of her career. In this episode of The Traveling Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Ana, a bilingual social worker and licensed clinician based in Southern California, to talk about what led her to take a contract role inside a California state prison, what the work actually looked like day to day, and how ...

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