Avoid all Rosewood centers at all costs….I did their Inpatient (Ranch), Capri PHP (Wickenburg), and IOP (Santa Monica), with their Santa Monica IOP being the absolute worse out of an excruciatingly bad bunch. Their Santa Monica location is also known as “A New Journey (ANJ)”, so don’t be fooled by their re-branding.
I’ve been to so many treatment centers, and Rosewood is the poorest of them all. They deserve every bad review they receive, and ideally be stripped of their accreditation. Terrible in every single way.
I was at their terrible ANJ/Santa Monica location for 4 months. About halfway through I was backsliding and asked for higher level of care. I was met with terrible amount of resistance and continued rejection of my request. Eating disorder behaviors continued to increase, weight continued to decrease. They eventually kicked me out…..Guess where I’m admitting to next? Yup, an Inpatient Treatment Center.
I entered Rosewood at x lbs, I left Rosewood at x lbs. (edited for weight/numbers via guidelines) I’m an Anorexic. When I requested a higher level of care, they refused and fought me at every point. So much so, that when I left their IOP I had to seek Inpatient Care the following week – all of which could have been avoided if they weren’t so far up their own arses.
An Eating Disorder Treatment Center should not allow an Anorexic to lose in x lbs whilst under their direct care and not do a single a damn thing about it. Avoid this place at all cost – incompetent, negligent, rude, and downright disrespectful and aloof of their own clients’ needs. (Edited for numbers via guidelines)
They failed to address my concerns, which had a negative impact on my health and well being, and will cause further medical bills due to their negligence. This is lawsuit material. Every human being deserves much better than this dump.
acamp89
11 years ago
I’ve been to a couple of eating disorder treatment centers, so I do have some basis for comparison. I can say, honestly and without a doubt, that ANJ (A New Journey), was the absolute WORST place I have ever been.
I was at Rosewood in AZ (another not-so-great, but nowhere near as terrible as ANJ program) as part of their residential/PHP program and went to ANJ’s IOP program, as apparently ANJ is their “sister” program. Not only is the program itself the bare minimum (filling out goal sheets, watching a movie about someone with a drug addiction….is this really what my family is paying thousands of dollars for?), but the treatment by the staff is by far the worst part of all.
This was in 2009, so I’m not sure if things have changed. I was living in ANJ’s “sober living house” with a bunch of the other girls. This was, by far, the best part of the program. I felt supported, I was with other girls who were experiencing exactly what I was going through, and I didn’t binge and purge once when I was living in that house. After one month, I could no longer afford to live in the house (insurance didn’t cover it), but since I lived only about 30 minutes away, I would continue to drive up and hang out at the house daily, as my home environment was very triggering and toxic. ANJ found out that a “non-resident” was spending a lot of time in the house, didn’t like it, and kicked me out. Told me that I wasn’t allowed on the property or anywhere near it. I quit the program, and not once did I get a follow up phone call or email.
I ask you: Do you really want your friend or daughter coming to a place like this? Where the program, by itself, is incredibly shitty? Where they will get reprimanded if they want to be around others in the program to feel supported? I would never, ever return to ANJ, even if I was on my death bed due to ED. Anyone is better off fighting it on their own than coming to this place, and I don’t make that statement lightly. Please consider every other option possible before coming or sending someone you love to ANJ.
Avoid all Rosewood centers at all costs….I did their Inpatient (Ranch), Capri PHP (Wickenburg), and IOP (Santa Monica), with their Santa Monica IOP being the absolute worse out of an excruciatingly bad bunch. Their Santa Monica location is also known as “A New Journey (ANJ)”, so don’t be fooled by their re-branding.
I’ve been to so many treatment centers, and Rosewood is the poorest of them all. They deserve every bad review they receive, and ideally be stripped of their accreditation. Terrible in every single way.
I was at their terrible ANJ/Santa Monica location for 4 months. About halfway through I was backsliding and asked for higher level of care. I was met with terrible amount of resistance and continued rejection of my request. Eating disorder behaviors continued to increase, weight continued to decrease. They eventually kicked me out…..Guess where I’m admitting to next? Yup, an Inpatient Treatment Center.
I entered Rosewood at x lbs, I left Rosewood at x lbs. (edited for weight/numbers via guidelines) I’m an Anorexic. When I requested a higher level of care, they refused and fought me at every point. So much so, that when I left their IOP I had to seek Inpatient Care the following week – all of which could have been avoided if they weren’t so far up their own arses.
An Eating Disorder Treatment Center should not allow an Anorexic to lose in x lbs whilst under their direct care and not do a single a damn thing about it. Avoid this place at all cost – incompetent, negligent, rude, and downright disrespectful and aloof of their own clients’ needs. (Edited for numbers via guidelines)
They failed to address my concerns, which had a negative impact on my health and well being, and will cause further medical bills due to their negligence. This is lawsuit material. Every human being deserves much better than this dump.
I’ve been to a couple of eating disorder treatment centers, so I do have some basis for comparison. I can say, honestly and without a doubt, that ANJ (A New Journey), was the absolute WORST place I have ever been.
I was at Rosewood in AZ (another not-so-great, but nowhere near as terrible as ANJ program) as part of their residential/PHP program and went to ANJ’s IOP program, as apparently ANJ is their “sister” program. Not only is the program itself the bare minimum (filling out goal sheets, watching a movie about someone with a drug addiction….is this really what my family is paying thousands of dollars for?), but the treatment by the staff is by far the worst part of all.
This was in 2009, so I’m not sure if things have changed. I was living in ANJ’s “sober living house” with a bunch of the other girls. This was, by far, the best part of the program. I felt supported, I was with other girls who were experiencing exactly what I was going through, and I didn’t binge and purge once when I was living in that house. After one month, I could no longer afford to live in the house (insurance didn’t cover it), but since I lived only about 30 minutes away, I would continue to drive up and hang out at the house daily, as my home environment was very triggering and toxic. ANJ found out that a “non-resident” was spending a lot of time in the house, didn’t like it, and kicked me out. Told me that I wasn’t allowed on the property or anywhere near it. I quit the program, and not once did I get a follow up phone call or email.
I ask you: Do you really want your friend or daughter coming to a place like this? Where the program, by itself, is incredibly shitty? Where they will get reprimanded if they want to be around others in the program to feel supported? I would never, ever return to ANJ, even if I was on my death bed due to ED. Anyone is better off fighting it on their own than coming to this place, and I don’t make that statement lightly. Please consider every other option possible before coming or sending someone you love to ANJ.