Center for Change

Annie V

When I arrived at Center for Change earlier this year, I had only the smallest flicker of hope for recovery. That changed the moment I walked through the doors. At Center for Change, my care was individualized and tailored to meet my needs from the moment I arrived. I was involved in every step of my treatment, from therapy and dietitian sessions to interactions with the nursing staff and care techs. My treatment team met me where I was at during the treatment process but gently challenged me from the moment I admitted to inpatient until I discharged from partial hospitalization. Even during the difficult moments, I was always treated with dignity and respect. For the first time in a long time, I had the support I needed to step into my sense of self and establish an identity outside of my eating disorder. Center for Change gave me space to become, to heal. To live. Center for Change saved my life, in a very literal sense. I arrived at Center for Change very sick and with very little hope for recovery. I left with sincere hope for a life without my eating disorder. Without the lifesaving interventions, care, and support the Center provided, I would not be where I am today, firmly in recovery with greater hope for the future than ever before. I will forever be grateful for the care I received at Center for Change. Thank you for saving my life.

Carol Whitney

My 17 yo daughter was in Center for Change's residential treatment facility for anorexia and arfid from the beginning of July to the end of September. While she was there, because of staff inconsistencies, she had two different therapists and three dietitians, one of which was requested by my daughter but the rest out of our control. The therapists were great, I really did love Sydney but, in my opinion, the third dietician was too inexperienced to be working with kids at a residential treatment facility level. While in their care, my anorexic, not weight restored daughter was accidentally told her weight by a careless tech and she proceeded to lose a significant amount of weight. We were never notified. Even as she lost weight week by week, she was allowed to plate her own food. Time and time again, she chose the healthier option, and it was approved by the care techs. When she returned home, I immediately wrote to the dietitians. Instead of taking accountability for neglect, I received a weak apology for the lack of communication. I did speak with Nicole, the ceo, and was pleasantly surprised with her taking accountability for what happened. But we will now have to spend more months away from family at a php two hours away so she can restore the weight lost and undo the damage caused by her time at cfc. Kids shouldn't go to a lower level of care to repair what a higher level of care facility caused. If your child has a mental health issue above and beyond an eating disorder, anxiety, or depression, they will not get the proper care. Neurodivergencies are often overlooked, especially if there are sensory issues involved. We sent her to cfc to get her medicine managed and she had one minor increase in the beginning. My minor child was given the option at every weekly appointment if she wanted to try a medication increase and she declined every time and they honored it with out discussing it with us. We were initially asked about who could and couldn't contact our daughter but that only applies to the landline phone. They are given unmonitored access to their phones at night. My daughter was allowed to talk to a friend from her do not contact list who described her un aliving plan and how she planned to keep her bulimia a secret from her family. Nice. My daughter isn't perfect by any means and definitely pushed her luck to see how little she could eat or far she could push the staff. But that seems to be the case with most of the kids I've met with restrictive eating disorders. Center for Change should hire a staff experienced with kids like this, not ones fresh out of school. Until they can get staff experienced with kids this sick, I wouldn't send my child there.

BlossomPaw2

this place was really easy to run away from LOL.

Maria Castro

If you want true real recovery I highly recommend center for change. I’ve been to many places and this one is the first one where I actually had to go all in for once because of how strict but compassionate everyone in my treatment team was. I love that they practiced intuitive eating and that it wasn’t based off of an exchange system. Truly is a place for hope and change.