The Meadows

Do not waste your money. My partner went there for sex addiction (though his insurance would not cover sex addiction so the Meadows brought him in under alcoholism so they could get the money). I spent $ 3k and a week off work to go to Family Week which had some good teachings, but, overall, was horribly facilitated. The worst part was that they had NO support for family members/​partners. There was zero after care planning. My partner relapsed within a month which led to horrible emotional trauma for both of us (and the end of our relationship). Meadows has some good names behind it — and they all should be ashamed of the care and program delivered at the facility.

BEWARE — both professionals and consumers !
Sadly this place is only a more expensive version of any other in– patient facility.
They fall so very short in the most critical stages of recovery .
After the first family week of 2016, nearly 30% of the young adults at the CBC who were discharged without therapeutic processing of the week, went to out patient care where they relapsed (or left), unable to complete the next crucial stage of recovery. THE MEADOWS FALL SHORT OF FOLLOW THROUGH AND DISCHARGes PATIENT WITH NO REGARD FOR MORALs and ethics in this regard. They may be victims of insurance constraints, but will never own that and distract professionals and consumers with advertising as being «progressive and cutting edge” — listing a host of well known pioneers in trauma and recovery on their website. BEWARE — there is no Team (as they say) and many staff member have conflicting viewpoints on how to direct your loved ones next phase of reovery — you are out of sight and out of mind once you leave — not a call back no accountability. SADLY THE MEADOWS FALLS SHORT —

WORKSHOP REVIEW — This review is based on the one week WORKSHOP SURVIVOR I. I had inquired about grief and trauma and the receptionist pushed me to the Survivor I workshop after several phone calls. I feel they put me in the wrong workshop. I was very surprised that they mixed us up with the in-​house patients which was pretty scary. They advertise a 830am-​4pm day but most days were 1 ½ hours in the morning and maybe 2 in the afternoon. There was one full day. Lots of wasted time. You get done at 230pm-​3pm and then you are stuck without being able to use facilities until 5pm for dinner. You are instructed to have dinner with your group. They almost brain wash you while you are there. This is strictly a workshop if you have had CHILDHOOD trauma. While some things were good, for the money, I would have to suggest getting a good therapist and save the $ 3,000 for the workshop plus your hotel and airfare. It was a $ 5,000 week for me and pretty disappointing. Also, they sell on following up with your personal therapist which was never done by their staff. Also, not one single one-​on-​one session the entire week.
I know the drug rehab is suppose to be great. The workshops need a LOT of improvement. It appears the place is highly maintained BUT poorly managed.
Hope this helps someone with their choices as I couldn’t find much on reviews for the workshops when I was looking for someplace to go.

I received a message from a Unilocaler saying my review sounded too corporate and I probably never went there… FACT: I was admitted to The Meadows in the early AM hours of July 28^th 2013. I was released from the Meadows after completing their 5 week rehab program for Drug Addiction and Sex Addiction on September 4^th 2013. I completed a 7 day Detox treatment at the INNOVA Medical Center in Fairfax, VA immediately prior to being transferred to The Meadows. My treatment at the Meadows was the result of an Intervention done to me by a group of friends and business partners. This same group covered all expenses including the fees charged by The Meadows. For that I am truly grateful… Not once during my treatment was I ever asked to spend more money for additional services at The Meadows. When I left, there was an unused credit balance on my Meadows account from the original payment made by those who intervened for my health and sanity. I will be forever thankful to my partners who took action and spent a large amount of money to save my life.

Horrible! Their fellows are amazing and experts in trauma, while their staff is not even close to having any knowledge in trauma. Just because they boast amazing expert do not let that fool you. It is just slightly better than any other mental health money mill, besides hearing Pia Melody’s theory 1 000 000 000 times. The reason this site isn’t boasting rave reviews is because there isn’t anything to boast about this place. Save 46,000 dollars. You can receive intense real help for that price. Best of luck.

Treat spouses like they don’t matter. There is no regard to how to help the family. They wouldn’t even answer my questions to determine whether it was worth attending Family Week and then told me there would be no therapy only eduction seminars. My spouse’s counsellor wouldn’t even talk to me. It was as though I didn’t exist and wasn’t worthy of even being spoken to because «that’s the policy». Sex addicts learn about their childhood trauma and then focus on that to the point where they lack accountability or responsibility for the harm and trauma they did to others. Conduct due diligence before sending a sex addict there. For the cost there should be more focus on the family and how to interact once the addict gets out. To deny the role of the family in the recovery of the addict is a mistake that will only inevitably hurt the addict. After 6 weeks at The Meadows my spouse has been more distant, cold and less open than ever before. The Meadows cares foremost about their fees and they will hound you to ensure your payment is made on time.

This is a pretty good dual diagnosis mental hospital BUT NOT for 40K. They say they provide after care but once you leave no one follows up with you ever. I’ve called them twice and they had no referrals for me in San Diego, not even info for a 12 step group.

I went to the meadows in Wickenburg, AZ for trauma treatment and would not recommend their plan, staff, and focus on money versus client well being to anyone. I know now to ask about standard, common professional practices, such as:
– mixing in-​patient and out-​patient clients in theraupeutic sessions, this is a big no-​no
– lack of staff to assure an effective therapeutic fit
– great disregard and neglect in discharging clients (lack of closure, checking that clients are stable to leave)