Sunrise RTC

A wonderful and supportive program with incredible...

A wonderful and supportive program with incredible staff who genuinely care about their students.

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As a therapist with experience at different progra...

As a therapist with experience at different programs for youth I have found this one the most helpful. The girls are treated with respect and care. The philosophy of Sunrise is based in helping the girls with relationships and they do just that daily with staff, peers, therapists and off campus acti...

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I worked there for a year while in college. There ...

I worked there for a year while in college. There is much I liked about it there. The staff really care and I love that the rtc is relationship based. I have since been around other treatment centers and sunrise seems to be the best.

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I have known the Sunrise program for over a decade...

I have known the Sunrise program for over a decade and can attest to their ability to work with complex cases and pull families back together. Southern Utah is such beautiful and healing setting for all the work encompassed in their program. I love the staff and would trust them with own my daughter...

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I wrote my initial review (with 5 stars) on the re...

I wrote my initial review (with 5 stars) on the request of a staff member. While I PERSONALLY thrived in this program, they repeatedly used my (trauma-based) need for approval for their own gain. I became the poster child for recruiting and promoting the program. They knew from the moment i got th...

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I went here years ago. Now an adult, one whom work...

I went here years ago. Now an adult, one whom works in treatment I can truly say I do not recommend this treatment center. There were some good parts, I will not deny that. A majority of my experience was unfortunately very negative. I did not see a lot of encouragement from a 12 step modality for t...

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i am not going to deny the fact that sunrise helpe...

i am not going to deny the fact that sunrise helped some things but the way i was treated was nothing close to okay. if your child is straight and identifies as cis-gender she might have a wonderful experience and really gain skills and insight. but if they are gay or transgender please save them th...

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So many things were great about this place but I f...

So many things were great about this place but I found out my daughter s specific counselor was telling my daughter inappropriate things and turning her against me saying my daughter needed to cut all ties with me. There is nothing I have ever done to deserve such a thing being said and it is detr...

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My daughter spent just over 10 months at Sunrise a...

My daughter spent just over 10 months at Sunrise and it was life changing for our entire family. It was truly the most difficult decision I ever had to make to put her in treatment but we are thankful every single day. She was struggling in many areas of her life and we could not seem to find a so...

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I went here in high school, and it saved my life! ...

I went here in high school, and it saved my life! I don t want to think about where I d be if I didn t go to Sunrise. The staff really care and the work they do is super important!

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Love the staff, the programming and DBT skills at ...

Love the staff, the programming and DBT skills at Sunrise. So many wonderful things done for the girls and their families that they care for.

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Positively not a good place to be when you re deal...

Positively not a good place to be when you re dealing with your own problems, weather it be medical or mental. Without a doubt I left with way more trauma and issues than I came with. I was there for thirteen months and nearly a level 5. I was on the path to graduation and due to some financial prob...

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My daughter had a life changing experience at Sunr...

My daughter had a life changing experience at Sunrise. No program is perfect, but Sunrise got the most important things right. And it worked. The therapists and staff are very caring, and very competent. It was well worth it.

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I was abused and exploited in this program

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The staff is excellent!

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Sunrise truly helped save my life. I was in a supe...

Sunrise truly helped save my life. I was in a super rough place in my life with relationships (friends, family, and myself) and they helped me learn what healthy relationships are and appropriate boundaries. At the end of September I will be a freshman in college and I truly did not believe that I w...

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Great location and the leadership makes sure to pr...

Great location and the leadership makes sure to provide each girl a memorable experience through positive reinforcement and an atmosphere of inclusion.

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My 13 yr old has been there for almost 6 months an...

My 13 yr old has been there for almost 6 months and I am amazed at the progress she has made. It was very scary sending your child across the country but we were no longer able to keep her safe at home. She was cutting daily and expressed suicidal thoughts. 2 inpatient programs and 3 outpatient p...

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Wow where to start. Sunrise truly saved my life. N...

Wow where to start. Sunrise truly saved my life. No hesitation. Of course every treatment center has its flaws but if you have been there you know that treatment team is consistently taking feedback and trying new things for us all of the time. I d say 95% of the people that work there are fully inv...

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Sunrise is an incredible place for your daughter t...

Sunrise is an incredible place for your daughter to really learn about herself and get the help she needs. The entire team there truly cares, and is dedicated to be there for you and your daughter every step of the way.

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Ruined my life forever. The abuse I faced here is ...

Ruined my life forever. The abuse I faced here is unforgettable.

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When I first arrived at Sunrise I hated it. I was ...

When I first arrived at Sunrise I hated it. I was sent to Sunrise for being human traffic and not understanding that I can get adrenaline in a safe way. Sunrise has changed my life forever. If i didn't go to sunrise i would be dead right now, but thanks to sunrise they gave me another birthday to ce...

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I started my journey with Sunrise working as a res...

I started my journey with Sunrise working as a residential staff and after working with several other agencies, I jumped at the opportunity to come back here as a therapist. It's been a privilege to see how Sunrise's relationship-based approach in combination with a DBT model, SMART Recovery, recrea...

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My positions as Recreation Therapy intern, and the...

My positions as Recreation Therapy intern, and then Recreation Therapist and Youth Mentor at Sunrise have been full of learning and friendship and joy. Working daily with these young women has opened my eyes to the power inside each person, to open up and communicate their feelings, to love, to gro...

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Doing my part

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If I could give sunrise a negative 10 star review ...

If I could give sunrise a negative 10 star review I would. Parents please don t send your teens here. They try to make you be perfect. When you don t do something right you get punished for it. You are not allowed to eat when ever you want. If you are hungry and want to have a snack you will get in ...

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The lite version of an internment camp, for disc...

The lite version of an internment camp, for discarded girls like me. Without using their language, here are some behavioral modification techniques this treatment center employs:

- multiple sexual abuse cases that were swept under the rug (I remember you Trent) and blamed on the child victim
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Today Sunrise had a parent event and invited alumn...

Today Sunrise had a parent event and invited alumni who live in the area to join. It was really nice to be in groups and catch up with staff I haven't seen in a while. My friend and I were sitting in one of the houses during the second group hour when we both got a text saying "I need you to be in g...

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if you re reading this I know first hand how much ...

if you re reading this I know first hand how much pain you and or your daughter is in trying to find a solution for someone who is hurting. I didn t have the luxury of time to tour before sending my daughter. On drop off day was my first exposure to Sunrise staff and their understanding of the fa...

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I've worked for Sunrise RTC since 2015 and have se...

I've worked for Sunrise RTC since 2015 and have seen lasting change come from students who make the effort to do so. I strongly believe in the values and beliefs of Sunrise and have loved working with the girls, staff, and other employees. I love that we approach therapy from a holistic and a relati...

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First off the most difficult thing I had to admit ...

First off the most difficult thing I had to admit was I am not a bad mother, I just need help in helping my daughter live. We had a beautiful daughter that suffers with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. After spending a month in the behaviol health unit, we realized she was going to need t...

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Sunrise is the best thing that happened to our fam...

Sunrise is the best thing that happened to our family. Our daughter had attempted suicide multiple times and was doing every harmful behavior imaginable.

We put our daughter in Sunrise. And she was there 8 months. She did a complete turn around and has now been healthy for over 3 years. She g...

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I graduated Sunrise exactly 1 month ago, after bei...

I graduated Sunrise exactly 1 month ago, after being there for 17 months. I am grateful beyond words for the experiences I was given from Sunrise. have been struggling with self harm and suicidal ideation acutely since I was 13 years old, and have been receiving treatment for about that long as wel...

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i really wish they had taken my drug addiction ser...

i really wish they had taken my drug addiction seriously. i of course was not very open about it but i came to sunrise with drugs in my system and i should have been pushed on it. I went to rehab after a year of being out of sunrise because my use was just a as bad if not worse then before. So i hop...

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I could not find the Washington campus reviews, so...

I could not find the Washington campus reviews, so I'll do it on here. First things first, it is an amazing house with large rooms and kind, loving staff (Washington Campus). Amazing. Saved my life from the moment I got there and allowed me to play out my toxic patterns to show I needed to change my...

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I love working here and I love the girls. I have s...

I love working here and I love the girls. I have seen the change that happens when the girls apply themselves and work hard.

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IGNORE THE ONE STAR REVIEWS!!! Those are definitel...

IGNORE THE ONE STAR REVIEWS!!! Those are definitely made by girls that never got the full value of this place. I HATED Sunrise at first. That quickly changed. With an open heart you can accomplish anything. This place changed my life. I would not be there person I am today without this amazing, savi...

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Sunrise provides healing for troubled teen girls a...

Sunrise provides healing for troubled teen girls and their families.

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My daughter was at Sunrise for 14 months. Even tho...

My daughter was at Sunrise for 14 months. Even though the work was hard and it was very difficult trusting others to care for my daughter, if given the choice again, I would definitely choose Sunrise.

The therapists and staff at Sunrise helped my daughter to find and believe in herself again. Whe...

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The therapists at Sunrise are outstanding. The tea...

The therapists at Sunrise are outstanding. The teachers and principal are amazing and helped our daughter graduate from high school a year early.

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Sunrise truly cares deeply about their students.

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there were some really helpful staff that made lif...

there were some really helpful staff that made life less miserable, but this place really messed me up.

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Amazing group of dedicated professionals impacting...

Amazing group of dedicated professionals impacting the lives of girls and their families!

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Wonderful program with truly dedicated, caring sta...

Wonderful program with truly dedicated, caring staff.

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Sunrise is a truly outstanding residential treatme...

Sunrise is a truly outstanding residential treatment center. The staff is great, highly professional and responsive. My family spent a lot of time at Sunrise, and it was a transformative experience. I highly recommend it for families in need.

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My daughter, "JS" just graduated from Sunrise afte...

My daughter, "JS" just graduated from Sunrise after 11 months. For privacy, I am using a different name for my review. As a psychologist, I picked Sunrise because I knew that with the issues my daughter had (depression, anxiety, PTSD, and traits of BPD) Dialectical Behavior Therapy was the treatment...

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I am so glad I came to Sunrise. I attended Sunrise...

I am so glad I came to Sunrise. I attended Sunrise from June 2016-July 2017, and it literally saved my life. Before Sunrise, I was extremely depressed, anxious and suicidal. I stopped going to school and was full of anger. Sunrise really helped me understand what was going on in order for me to feel...

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I have noticed a lot of either very harsh 1-star o...

I have noticed a lot of either very harsh 1-star or very excited 5-star reviews and not much in between. I would say that this is due to different perspectives going in and out of Sunrise. Because I went to wilderness before coming to Sunrise, I was able to skip level one and safety phase in the 5-s...

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I've worked at Sunrise for just over 5 years and a...

I've worked at Sunrise for just over 5 years and all I can say is there is no other environment where I feel like I can succeed and fail and still know that everyone around me is rooting for me. Work is hard but having the skills to know how to navigate conflict resolution, being vulnerable with peo...

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I spent several months at sunrise in 2010. The ac...

I spent several months at sunrise in 2010. The accident was a tragedy that was no ones fault. However looking back, it is a reflection of how horribly the facility is run and operates. That was one of the most traumatizing times of my life that I think about often. I came out of treatment worse tha...

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In 2012 after over a decade of therapy and struggl...

In 2012 after over a decade of therapy and struggling with anxiety and depression i finally reached my breaking point and went to Sunrise. After 8 months i had done a 180 and they saved my life. 4 years after graduating I have been off my medicine for about 2 years, out of therapy for a year, and no...

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I had gone to sunrise and it was awful! The staff ...

I had gone to sunrise and it was awful! The staff force there values onto you, they are very hypocritical and judgmental. when they say that its okay to make mistakes and you make one at this place they will tear you apart until you feel worthless.

There is special treatment for certain girls. So...

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I would defintely recommend Sunrise, the environme...

I would defintely recommend Sunrise, the environment and people helped me make changes in my life that I couldn't have done by myself. I have made lifelong friendships and memories. The structure, rules, level system was all annoying in the moment but after leaving, I realized that being extremely ...

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After meeting the staff and touring the grounds I ...

After meeting the staff and touring the grounds I love this place. So clean.

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one of the teachers is vegan

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I have worked at Sunrise just shy of 9 years. I h...

I have worked at Sunrise just shy of 9 years. I have had so many positive experiences and have also witnessed the real life change that we talk about. Just the other day I sat down with a student who thought that she would never graduate high school and she is about to graduate in December, earlie...

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I went here as a teenager from 2013-2014. Sending ...

I went here as a teenager from 2013-2014. Sending your teen to a residential treatment center far away from home will not fix the core issues at home. My experience here was a mix of negative and positive, but there was a lot of victim blaming mentality that didn t get to the root of my issues. Get...

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Sunrise is a top notch program for adolescent girl...

Sunrise is a top notch program for adolescent girls! The way they have embedded DBT throughout all aspects of their program paves the way for each student's healing journey. The team at Sunrise is comprise of true caretakers.

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This place changed my life but like all good their...

This place changed my life but like all good their is bad. It can be traumatic the things you witness and some of the people can be aggressive or scary if you arent use to the environment. If you are compliant and willing, you re experience will be better. Defiance and unwillingness will ensure stru...

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Sunrise was a life saving & life altering experien...

Sunrise was a life saving & life altering experience for our daughter and family. As a parent you are making a choice you never envisioned making and my hope is, you too will find the same experience for your daughter. I am confident in the Sunrise program; from DBT, peer culture & peer support, fam...

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I got a minor concussion by hitting my head while ...

I got a minor concussion by hitting my head while I was there, and kept bringing it to staff and nurse attention and they didn t do anything. Also, they literally sat a girl in the middle of a room and had people insult her. It was straight up abuse. There s a difference between constructive critici...

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I wanted to clarify on a past review that's on her...

I wanted to clarify on a past review that's on here. The car accident that took place in 2010 was NOT due to neglect. The staff driving the vehicle was an amazing lady and the incidient itself was an ACCIDENT. I was there in the van and watched as a terrible accident unfolded.

The only positive e...

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The way the transporters took my sister was comple...

The way the transporters took my sister was completely inhumane. The education system is awful and she got so behind in school

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Sunrise is my go to program for any adolescent gir...

Sunrise is my go to program for any adolescent girl who would benefit from DBT. The Realtional DBT model they use is fantastic and effective. Their clinical team engages in consistent high level training with the best of the best in the DBT world, which further adds to my confidence in the clinica...

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I will admit I not once wanted to be at any rtc, s...

I will admit I not once wanted to be at any rtc, so maybe that contrived my opinion of the place. One person I can't seem to forget was Megan Belcher Allen, who somehow convinced the students that her verbally attacking them to the point of tears was ok if you called it "exposure therapy". I'm not a...

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I worked at Sunrise RTC for 2 years, and if you ch...

I worked at Sunrise RTC for 2 years, and if you choose to send your daughter there, you would not be making a poor choice. I've gotten the chance to work at a couple Residential Treatment Centers and currently work at one in LA as the Operations Manager. From a staff perspective, the training and ca...

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Scrolling through the first page of 5 star reviews...

Scrolling through the first page of 5 star reviews, 90% of them are from former or current staff. The rating for this place should be much lower if they weren't posting their own positive reviews to oppress the voices of those who actually went to this place and have the courage to speak out against...

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If I could give this place no stars I would becaus...

If I could give this place no stars I would because this place ruined my life.I was a resident of this facility in 2008, I was bullied and physically abused by both staff and other residents who lived here almost on a daily basis.It got to the point where I would be provoked so bad that I felt I had...

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My parents sent me to Sunrise a couple of years ag...

My parents sent me to Sunrise a couple of years ago and I am very grateful. Without them, I would have never been able to become the person I am today. I was able to get my diploma at Sunrise Academy with the help of their awesome principal, and now I have a good job as well as a great relationship ...

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