Brooke Brooke

Review of The Farley Center at Williamsb...

I hear this place works and does wonders for some ...

I hear this place works and does wonders for some people. And that s cool. I despised it. The staff infantilizes the patients, implements asinine rules like no pairing (which means you can t make a good friend with somebody), and encouraging snitching. Each week there was a session where patients were asked to snitch on other patients they observed breaking rules. I got snitched on for doing 20-30 minute early morning jogs on property. The website says they acknowledge no two people are alike but they will force the 12 step program on you and if you don t love it you will be scorned. (There is some serious cognitive dissonance going on when medical professionals can say with a straight face that a particular type of treatment is the only way to success and if it doesn t work for you then you are doing it wrong.