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Anonymous21
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2012, 05:09:27 PM » |
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Don't waste your money on the Meehl Foundation. I was a resident there for 3 months. They falsely advertise so many things I don't know where to begin. On the website under program residency they give a list what what it "includes"...While DBT works because it's COMMON SENSE meaning when you're in crisis mode you obviously shouldn't do drugs, say negative things about yourself, etc.. That is basically what it covers, I could go into it more but like I said it's pretty much common sense. They use "gardening and horticulture therapy" as a fancy term for YARDWORK. There is no "art therapy" because there is no "art therapist", they have art supplies...and a mandala coloring book and that is their version of "art therapy". There is no "nutrition counseling" as they do not have a nutritionist on board, though their cook/driver claims she does nutrition counseling...her degree is in baking. You will be on a low sugar diet but there is not by any means "nutrition counseling". The assistant(the cook/driver) who works out with the clients tells the people at the gym that the people she is with are "sick" and she has to keep an eye on them. I did not get acupuncture treatments or massage therapy the whole time I was there. They never did the hair follicle mineral/vitamin testing(and I'm not just talking about me on all this stuff). They didn't do any "career counseling" either. The only client who got acupuncture kissed their ass, who was also very unstable, and she now works there. Any rehab facility you go to will be expensive, and this being one of the cheap ones, you definitely get what you pay for. The councilors there are terrible, the addiction councilor smokes on site, and openly admits she was terminated from a nursing job for stealing narcotics, she brings her problems to work and takes it out on the clients. She's the most unprofessional councilor I've ever met, and is extremely rude. They make you do all their house chores and never help out(except for the rare occasion they help out with doing the dishes...). The clients shouldn't have to do housework and their philosophy is "it teaches them life skills", which is basically their excuse for being lazy. Debra Meehl just sits on her throne all day and doesn't lift a finger. They never did hypnosis like their site claims. The cook/driver doesn't even cook and when she does it tastes horrible. As much money as you're paying to stay here you'd think that they would buy high quality food, and they get their food from Walmart. They treated me and other residents like we're incompetent, the chef/driver made fun of some of the residents. The day mainly consists of homework, doing workbooks pretty much all day. When you stay there, if you say anything negative about them to the other residents, they'll lecture you on why you shouldn't do that because it "interferes" with their treatment, then they'll tell whoever you talked to that you're sick and the only person you need to talk to is them. And if you do ANYTHING against their program/house rules they punish you by taking your "privileges" away, which is talking on the phone once a week for 30 minutes after 30 days, or going to rent movies with them. They make the neighborhood they live in sound very scenic, it looks very depressing and there is a prison a couple miles down the road. They probably don't let you talk on the phone for so long because they don't want you to sell them out on their poorly ran program, and depressing environment. I was miserable the whole time I was there, and I wasn't the only one. If you listen to them talk on the phone with potential clients they'll embellish details and make false claims, as their website does. Do yourself a favor and don't buy into their scam. I'm surprised they haven't been sued.
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