Harbor Shelter and Counseling Center Review

This place traumatized me in many ways I cannot even begin to explain. It made everything worse and the treatment was horrible. When I first got there, a male staff member showed me the downstairs, and left telling me that a female staff member would come downstairs to grab me in a few minutes. Ended up sitting there, alone, in a creepy and quiet basement for over an hour with no explanation or apology, and I was told I couldn't go upstairs so I was stuck down there all by myself. They had (maybe still have) a rule about not using the bathroom from something like 9 pm to 11:30 pm at night. Little do they understand that people who suffer from major anxiety and panic attacks have unplanned needs to use the restroom due to the physical effects that these attacks create inside of your stomach (hard to explain, but there's plenty of articles about it). Upon having to break the rule, Barb told the entire group of girls the next day that I was the one who broke it. Why are there punishments for doing something so NATURAL, a human function. Due to this rule and having already broken it once and gotten yelled at, the same night I had to pee the bed, completely on purpose, because that's the only choice I had. A 17 year old girl forced to do that(maybe this is TMI, but its REAL, and no one should get punished for having to use the bathroom.). When I had to tell Barb about my sheets, she didn't even believe me at first. As if I could actually lie about something like that? I could go on and on about the treatment there, but my main point is to never send your kids there. Please.

My daughter is here now and she says the staff is very rude and the other children are mean and staff doesn't do anything about it.

Youth are treated terribly and made to feel as though they don t matter.

A terrible place to break children down mentally. The program they use can be found in concentration camps.

If I could give it 0 stars I would. They focus on breaking already vulnerable, often abused children using verbal, mental and emotional abuse. They also use kids as slave labor, literally forcing them to clean floors and toilets with toothbrushes as punishment for saying something they don t like. Callous, uncaring staff, terrible treatment, Harbor Shelter is making the world a worse place.

I really loved Harbor, it was a great experience and a happy memory that I will remember forever. I will take those lessons from group with me in life, the staffs are so sweet and kind and always there for you and it makes you feel like you re at home and the girls were always there for me. I love you Sara, Megan L, Jashlyn, Megan T, and Jennifer

I went here in May of 2018, I was bullied and they didn't do a thing about it they just said to ignore it and things will get better. I was also lied to about how long I was staying there for, I was told 2 days but ended up staying for week. Also the staff and the place in general is awful. And Barb the manager called a client that was staying there a testicle for washing the table even tho she was asked to. Barb had no respect for me and she said if I disrespect her again she would keep me there longer..

Was here when I was 12 and it resulted in me being hospitalized for a week. Evil staff members.

Seems like nothing changes. I was there 26 years ago. Horrible.

This organization is evil. I'm a 42 and the nightmares of this place finally died about 10 years ago. Punishment and group paranoia were used on the daily. I can't believe this place is still open. This company needs class action lawsuits.

I was there when i was pregnant and they were very rude and disrespectful about me being so young and pregnet and the manager is totally rude and self worried about money and thats it

If I could give this place no stars I would I was in this shelter as a child this is a horrible place they mentally try to break a child down not help them in any way if you can avoid this one place as a parent please do not send your child there

Very nice staffing and i just really like their programming

My son just left this place a cpl weeks ago. He had only been there for only a week and during this time they refused him a shower and hygiene products as a punishment. They didn t properly train him for equipment they had. Then they didn t monitor my child as he used it. Because of it my son dislocated his shoulder. Him and other residents went to the staff and said he needed medical attention because he dislocated his shoulder. They laughed at him mocked him and told him he was being stupid. That he was fine and to put icy hot on it and it would be better. Hours latter my son and a lot of pain called me and informed me he still hadn t had medical attention for a dislocation. I sent the ambulance to the shelter. The shelter then let my kid go to the hospital with no staff supervision, and with out knowing how my kid was even getting back to the shelter. When I asked why no one took him. Because it was confirmed as a dislocation and my son has to have complete reconstruction surgery of his shoulder now in a few days. They informed me they never have enough staff on hand to take the kids to the er in an emergency. When I told them the owner needed to call me with in an hour. I was told they couldn t reach him for a week. I said so if a kid died or the place burnt down. You couldn t reach him about it for a whole week. Is that what your telling me? And the staff member told me I guess that is what I m saying. I have never seen a lil orphan Annie orphanage like this one in my whole damn life. Beware... as your child s safety and well-being is at risk in this place. It should be shut down and I hope with the suit I m filling on them that this will happen... they owe me and my son for their negligence. Since then staff have done nothing but lie to cover their tracks up for all the laws they broke... seriously take your kids some where else.

Bad practice and disrespectful staff. They don't listen to parents,money sucking organization