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Review of Solstice East RTC

I graduated from solstice in June 2016 and the nig...

I graduated from solstice in June 2016 and the nightmares have finally dwindilled down to once a week. In my time out I have been doing great, but with no thanks to solstice. My traumas were never addressed, and I ve had to work though them with a therapist of my own. Solstice is one of those traumas. The only thing they did was give me an unhealthy fear of punishment and a strong opposition to authority. And I make my bed every morning.
This is NOT an individualized program. Every girl is given a handbook of assignments they must complete to graduate, regardless of their reason for being there. They are given a therapist based on who has an opening for another client. We met with our therapists once a week. I didn t meet my therapist for an entire week when I first got there. It only got worse the longer I stayed there. At first the staff:student ratio (3:12) was small enough where you could actually talk to a select few staff members if you were having major issues. The facility could hold 48 girls. By the end it had been pushed up to 52. There was no room and horrible crowded. And they wondered why we were always on edge. We stayed in bunks with 4 girls to a room. The ceiling in my room leaked for months before something was done about it, and our toilet was broken for 5 months. With the amount this place costs, that was ridiculous.
I wanted to leave this review on solstices Facebook page, but they have turned off their reviews because having bad ratings looked bad for their compound.
This is a terrible, miserable place.