Discovery Mood and Anxiety Program
Residential Mental Health Treatment Center
Verified Treatment Services
I went to this facility around September 2020. I was 15 years old, this was my second residential, and I was in an extremely unhealthy home relationship. I was a run away, trying to escape my family (whom was extremely abus!ve.) My therapist was Joi Johnson, and though I had some minor break throughs she was one of the worst therapists I’ve ever had. I cannot speak on her current practice, but she was extremely abrasive, told me I should want to go home to my physically harmful living situation instead of to foster care, refused to call me by my preferred name (it was just another feminine name that I had gone by for 5 years at that point,) agreed that my father h!tting me was reasonable, and humiliated me in groups. There were other therapist that would humiliate other patients and publicly announce back tracking in their progress, there was a point based system that made everyone feel inadequate when they weren’t on perfect behavior (and those that scored the most points admitted they were just pretending so they can go on outings,) EVERYTHING that was said to other staff was reported to my therapist and I was reprimanded by Joi constantly. They encouraged everyone to not participate in “drama” but we felt entirely isolated if we did not talk with our peers, a “love confession note” was given by one of our peers to another and it was confiscated and read OUT LOUD IN GROUP by a therapist. Poor behavior from “popular” patients was rewarded, there was obvious favoritism. It got so bad that I had constant anxiety and refused to leave my bed. It was the most sick and twisted thing ever. I gave 2 stars because the food was decent, the cooks were always nice, and the place was decently clean. There was some good moments but man I still have nightmares about this place (enough to write a review 5 years later.) These therapists and staff try extremely harsh approaches that left me in a state of psychosis for months after the fact. Not to mention they incorrectly diagnosed me after only 4 30 minute sessions lol. My “disorders” were only reactions to the harsh conditions I was living under and couldn’t even escape at a residential. I kept in contact with my peer group from the time and we still agree to this day that it was one of the worst lol. If you want your child to go some place for a little over a month and come back completely compliant cause they’ve been brain washed to think your behavior is okay, then this is (or at least was) the place! Thanks for the memories DMAP, hope you improve!
