I was there for almost 1 year and it helped me so much, before I was in another facility but I wouldn't accept the help so they ended up sending me to RHR. At first I was kinda anxious but the staff helped me warm up to this place. There were a couple incidents where I would get into a lot of trouble but the staff always found a way to calm me down even if it was just to take me to the animals. They made sure we were fed three times a day and we had two different snack times a day, and they logged how much we ate every meal to make sure we were getting enough nutrients in our body. They helped me with my anxiety, anger issues, ODD, ADHD, and all of my trauma issues I had. At first I wasn't sure I was going home ever again because I just got sent from one facility to another but RHR changed my mind and helped me improve my mental health. I may not have graduated but I got to go home instead of going to another facility because of how well I was doing. The equine therapy is great, they assign you a horse as a project and you do equine with them, learning more about yourself everyday. I had a horse named Woody, he is a pony, he was a pain to deal with and I never thought I was going to get to get a higher horse because I wasn't able to control him but then I acted like he was me and he started to work really great with me. In equine they ask us questions at the end about how we can do better in equine and in our groups, how can we improve ourselves. They also have us imagine our home lifestyles and what we did wrong, and how we can do better. They assign horses based off of our personality, so I got Woody because he was stubborn and so was I. I started to learn how my own parents felt dealing with me, they didn't send me to the ranch because they didn't want me they did it because they loved me enough to send me somewhere to get better because they wanted me to be happy and safe. I know that sometimes it is hard to find the right place for your child but to me this was the best experience I have ever had, so I would really encourage you to check this place out because I wouldn't be where I am without RHR and there faculty. If anyone has any questions you can email me at gdawnb09@gmail.com and I will answer any questions you have. Best Regards, Geraldine read more

Renewed Hope Ranch - This is Sow, there cat, and I love her so much! - Counseling & Mental Health Near Me - Enoch, Utah

I was sent to Renewed Hope Ranch as a teenager, and my experience there had a lasting negative impact on me. I left feeling like I had more problems than I came in with. Being taken away from home and placed somewhere so isolated, with very little control over my own life, was incredibly difficult. I remember an environment filled with stress and anxiety, and there were situations involving other girls that made me feel unsafe. As a teenager, being in a place where you couldn't simply leave or decide what happened next was extremely overwhelming. I also experienced what I felt was significant favoritism among staff. Some girls appeared to receive privileges that others didn't, and I personally witnessed staff giving leftover food from outside to girls they favored. I know food might not seem like a big deal to someone reading this, but when you're living somewhere you cannot leave, cannot choose what you eat, and don't have the ability to go out and get something like fast food yourself, getting something special from the outside can mean a lot. Seeing certain girls receive those things because they were favored by staff made the favoritism feel very real and very hurtful. The environment also felt overcrowded to me with girls going months without washing their sheets. I also remember other girls getting opportunities to participate in activities, including horseback riding, while I never got to ride a horse myself while others rode many times. I don't feel that the trauma I was dealing with was properly addressed. I began EMDR/trauma therapy for many different traumas however, I didn't complete a couple of them so it just stuck in my brain harder. I needed help actually processing the trauma I was dealing with, and I don't feel like I received that. Instead, I left feeling like I had learned how to hide things, lie, and control situations around me in order to get through them. I was there for approximately a year and a half, and I don't feel I was given adequate preparation for returning to life outside of the program. I didn't really experience the transition period I expected. I was essentially told that I was graduating, and suddenly I was expected to return to normal life. After being away for so long, that was incredibly difficult socially and emotionally. I had no idea how to reintegrate into everyday life, reconnect socially, or navigate being back home and with no friends at home anymore that was very hard. Looking back on this experience now as an adult, I see things very differently than I did when I was there. At the time, I was a teenager trying to get through an experience I didn't fully understand. Now that I have the perspective of adulthood and years of distance from the experience, I can recognize how deeply it affected me. I can see how much anxiety I carried out of that environment, how difficult it was for me socially afterward, and how unprepared I was to return to everyday life, let alone ADULT life. I also look back differently on the staff. From my perspective at the time, many of the staff seemed very young and, at times, seemed just as confused as the girls about how to handle difficult situations. I did not feel that there was enough preparation or training for some of the situations we experienced, including restraints and serious behavioral situations. As an adult looking back, that is something that concerns me even more than it did when I was a teenager. I ultimately left with severe anxiety and essentially no social life, and I feel that the experience taught me more about avoiding consequences, hiding things, and controlling situations than it taught me how to actually work through what I was going through. I have a lot of complicated feelings about my time there, including a lot of anger. I don't think I fully understood the impact this experience had on me until I was older and had enough distance to look back at it differently. This is my personal experience, and I can only speak to what I experienced and remember. But it is an experience I have carried with me for years, and looking back on it now as an adult, I would not recommend this program based on what I went through. read more

I wrote a review a bit ago but it seems to be gone. This place saved my life. At first, it is scary because you don't know anyone but after a bit, they become your second family. The staff are great. I love the staff and horses. The main photo I actually me and Titan. I graduated almost 2 years ago and my lock screen is this very photo. When you get there it can be overwhelming. If you were there when I was there, you would probably know me due to my lack of ability to get up in the morning. But the staff and peers motivated me. If a certain staff is still there, she wakes everyone saying, "good morning ladies! It's ____! Up and att em." sometimes they would add a little motivation and reward saying breakfast is first come first serve. I have never seen so many kids get in a line faster in my life! You are never judged. You can take self-time I it gets too overwhelming. You also do school there. While i was there, I was faced with challenges. But, they never gave me one I could not handle. Equine is one of the best moments of the day. After first, if could be hard with not knowing the horses, rules, or routines. But someone always catches you up to speed. I had Titan as my first project horse. He is a big softy. (Literally) he makes everything a bit easier and teaches you to get comfortable in the uncomfortable. Next i had mamma Dixie. I call her mamma Dixie for 2 reasons: 1. She literally is the mother of 2 horses jet and scout. 2. Because she pushes your buttons but in a good way. She taught me how to keep my boundaries healthy and how to assert them. Next i had Sundance. He unfortunately passed due to cancer. He was a stubborn old boy. He taught me how to stay on top of things and stay focused. Lastly, I had Piper. I hated Piper with a passion and was not affraid to show it. But, as much as i hate to admit, she taught me how to let go of grudges. Yes, it's still there, but because I only worked with her for about a month. I have a few staff members in mind but I don't know if they want me to share names. My RA was my main girl. She gave me everything I need: clothes, hygiene products, pep talks, and sometimes a "your thinking about it too much Audra. Let it go."And my mamma goose. She was the one who was literally your other mother. She always knew how to keep you on your toes, and keep you safe, happy, and calm. Ask her for Mambos. Best candy in th world. And my therapist. She did her job but kept our conversations interesting. We would go on a walk in the back and pick up cow bones from our neighbor, look at the plants, and even just walk in silence because that's what we wanted to do. I'm scared of silence. And she would often tell me to sit in silence for a minute. She knew things about me nobody else knew and she could somehow always know what I'm talking about even though I talk 30 miles an hour. She taught me how to speak at a normal pace and bite my tongue when needed. Next is a staff i know is not there anymore because he left when i was there. Somedays were so full of chaos that he would pick up a guitar, sit in the courtyard or kitchen (wherever we could all hear him) and play it and sing. I have felt a room go so relaxed so fast. He would often use it as motivation saying if we finsished on time or calmed down he would play. It always worked. The peers also taught me things. Patience, boundaries, trust, respect for myself and others, how to get along with my siblings, and how to function with other people living with me. They taught me when I actually wanted space or when I just wanted someone to sit with me. We learned coping skills from eacother and reminded me that we all have different situations with the same overall goal: be healthy,happy, safe, confidet, and more. This place was my home away from home and I'm planning on VISITING soon. I recommend this place for anyone struggling. read more

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This place is absolutely horrible...it is a horror house..the staff pick favorites and use the others horrible that they don't like...u go to bed hungry cause they measure out your food of how much u get the clients do not get help they get traumatized they crack the door with there foot when u shower and u get only 10 minutes in the shower the door has to open at 10 minutes please don't send your daughters here I beg u read more

I've been seeing many rough reviews but in my opinion it has helped me a ton. There are many hard things that go on in these places and sometimes, you just have to get through it. Yes, many things has happened with other girls. But honestly, everybody deserves chances here. Let alone they gave me a bunch of chances to get my act together and I am doing amazing. Went there for 1yr and 7th months, graduated in April. Had so many connections with many people there and still do to this day. Many staff have left through rough times but we always end up getting more amazing people. read more

Renewed Hope Ranch - Jet. pretty suborn but definitely a love bug - Counseling & Mental Health Near Me - Enoch, Utah

We sent our daughter here twice to save her life. The first time she attempted suicide on a home visit and didn't return because we tried other programs. When all else failed I texted Steve on a Friday and we transported her on a Monday. She was there 14mos the second time and it changed her life. The ranch genetic tested her and all the Rx she was on were wrong. She had an amazing therapist and is still sober and thriving in college. Yes they have lots of rules because they're necessary. One of the barriers there is from my daughter's suicide attempt while there. My daughter being alive is due to Renewed Hope Ranch. read more

This place ruined my life and my families. We are all still healing from the lies the manipulation and abuse they put us all through. If you want to send you kids here please go read the website unsilenced. And watch the documentary the program. I'm telling u it's pretty much what happends here. (I was there for a year and a half) read more

I saw the low star rating, and felt that it doesn't accurately describe this company. I am an employee who worked here for a year and have returned back (4th month back so far!) because I've seen that what we do here to actually makes a difference with giving students the help they need to make progress with their trauma/addictions. The last facility I worked at (for a year), was part of a much bigger family of RTCs, and, there were times it felt more like a mill to generate money than actually help struggling youth. This is why I appreciate what is done at RHR, and would fully recommend the company to anyone who asks. It's a smaller company that still has sight of its founding vision, and is comprised of phenomenal therapists and staff that genuinely care about the student's welfare. read more

IF YOU LOVE YOUR CHILD DO NOT SEND THEM HERE PLEASE !!!!!!! I was pulled from this facility almost a year ago and I can say with confidence that Renewed Hope Ranch is one of the most dehumanizing, traumatizing, mentally abusive facilities I've ever seen. You are punished and ridiculed for showing emotion, and told you're attention seeking. You are given no privacy or privileges, especially when you first arrive. You can't wear a jacket or shoes for the first month because they're afraid you'll run. The majority of girls couldn't talk to their parents for the first month+ except for through letters which are not prioritized (understandably, the RA's are way overworked). You can't use the bathroom without a "foot in the door" for the first month (or if you get back on 2 foot where u stay 2 feet from staff at all times), however most staff are untrained and leave the door wide open. Along with that, almost all staff are extremely unqualified to be working in mental health. They pick favorites and make it very obvious. My own therapist noticed staff actively lying about me when I did absolutely nothing to them (Peyton I hope you see this). After my stay in which I was punished for any wrong thing I said and any emotion I showed, I now cannot have a serious conversation without shutting down and shaking uncontrollably. I genuinely left with so much more trauma. Oh and they won't send letters to your parents about how you're hurting or what the facility does because it's "manipulating". I can't fully blame my mom for sending me here because I understand her fear and vulnerability, but they took advantage of this and gave her so much false hope promising they were helping, and I literally had to fake my way through the program to get home. There were girls there for 3+ years. Some staff were genuinely more manipulative and unhealthy than the residents. Any parents reading this, I can't say I know how you feel, but I do know that sending your kid here will most likely hurt them so much worse, and worsen your guys' relationship. I know this was a long review but here's some "fun" stories and experience from my time there if you're interested: - a girl was literally yelled at and made fun of by a staff because she was crying and wanted to go with the rest of her group to paint her nails but the staff wouldn't let her until she stopped crying. the girl sat trying to calm herself down while the staff mumbles rude things under her breath. the girl was basically calmed down, just breathing a little heavy, that wasn't enough for the staff and they led the girl into another breakdown - two girls had massive outbursts where they went through other residents stuff and ripped up theirs clothes, letters, and pictures. Because of unqualified staff and lack of staff in general, the rest of the 35ish girls had to sit in the courtyard (an ugly 50 square foot patch of grass) for hour, with only one staff at times (and yet during much less serious situations they saw no problem in straight tackling girls, it don't make sense !!). a few girls were helping the staff bring around dinner and meds, because we were ALWAYS very short staffed.. - one night i had to make and serve dinner all by myself for the whole facility because we were short staffed - one night they refused to let me shower (after i had worked with horses and gotten pretty freaking dirty) because i had to help make dinner and missed my hygiene time -side note, basically all they serve is damn bagged frozen chicken !! (the cooks were amazing but RHR made them buy cheap nasty food) - one staff was telling me about all her life problems and how a fat cigarette will fix it all. she told my friend she relapsed on perks, and she tried setting her son up with the residents by bringing him to the NA we attended. but since "all residents are liars and manipulators" they didn't believe us and she wasn't fired until other staff noticed it up. - one staff fingered a girl and flirted with like everyone (he's in jail now) Please don't send your kids here. read more

If you love your child do not send them here! Extremely dehumanizing! Just like a concentration camp! I witnessed Steve(the owner) molest, grope, assault multiple of the girls around me. I was a resident in 2018 and from what I've heard it hasn't changed. All the residents are all treated like prisoners and low lifes and the cook at the time use a pot that had cigarette ashes in it and cooked All the soups in that specific pot. The special needs staff treated me like I was attention seeking when I genuinely could die from my heart condition. I also have autism which I was told I was using it as an excuse for attention and manipulation. I beg all of you parents who are thinking of this place, DO NOT SEND THEM HERE THEY ARE NOT SAFE HERE! the staff lied to my parents and told them I was being taken care of. My mother sent me here because she didn't want to deal with me. The only reason I got out of there was because the insurance stopped paying for it and my dad begged my mom to let me come home and my psychiatrist saw what was going on and got me out of there thankfully. I left with more trauma than I had in the first place. Leave this place and do not turn back! The staff lie to make it sound like an amazing place! It is NOT safe here! read more

I was hesitant to add about my experience here as it was very unpleasant, but if it helps parents avoid sending their kids here I'll add it. If you're thinking of sending your kid here, don't. Please also note that it's been over a year, so this is not coming from a place of emotion or the trauma incurred here, but rather from a desire to help -I fractured my foot when a horse stepped on it and I was told by the equine director to "walk it off", when my foot was so swollen it couldn't fit in my shoe. My foot has permanent damage because of this. -At the orientation, they told my parents that no violent girls were admitted, however I know of at least 3, and multiple violent fights broke out. -One of these girls violently attacked a staff member, resulting in her going to the hospital, and instead of actually handling it they put me in the room next to hers hoping I would be a "calming influence" and do their job for them. -After two other girls were attacked, I was specifically instructed (by my "therapist") to keep this information from my parents, saying that the adults wanted to talk about it "their way", which I now know means to downplay the events. Overall, all the nice things they're telling you? Probably not true. I discussed it with my parents and it turns out over half of what they were told was completely untrue. There were good staff, there were good people, and honestly the food was exceptional. The people who had good experiences, it was all because of these staff. But the management was low quality, my "therapist" rarely actually met with me (I had to contact my parents in order for him to suddenly remember), and I have issues with traditional therapy due to coming here. Not worth the food, sorry. Instead of supporting an exploitative industry, seek help elsewhere. It's possible, I promise. read more

this program is poorly organized, underfunded, and understaffed. many girls seem to leave here more traumatize. as an adult of a child in the program I was let down so many times and never consulted on anything. Even after communicating plans so many times they did nothing to support or honor them and made decisions that put immense pressure on our family without so much as consulting us. Their academic director and psychiatrist failed our girl and our family. Please do NOT send any young vulnerable girl in need to this place! read more

I appreciate Renewed Hope so much. I graduated from there on August 10, and I never would say that it was bad. There may have been bad moments but as I've learned there, you need to push past them. I can't tell you how grateful I am to have gone there. I met some really good people and I am so happy now. Thank you so much. And thank you to the owner who now runs it. Also to those out there who are going through a rough time right now, try things out. You never know what will come your way. As for me, I know that I didn't do so well myself there, and I didn't always appreciate the 30 seconds before eating but there are some people who need that. Who needs to pray and say something to their higher power. I completely understand where the Ranch is coming from. It's hard to see at times but push through. It will be good. read more

Management is truly awful. If nepotism is not on your side you are treated like complete trash. You now get in trouble if you clock in early, and you get in trouble if you stay longer to help someone out. They will continue to increase your work load without increasing compensation and unless you kiss the bosses butt you will never be treated with a shred of respect. Meetings and all trainings are required, unless you have the benefits of nepotism or you're part of management, then you get a free pass on all requirements with no consequences. Pay raises and promotions don't go out to the hardest workers, they go out to who ever has a parent in management. I cannot tell you how many times I was passed over for promotions only to find out it went to a bosses kid who is always late for work, never follows protocol and puts the kids in danger. I feel so bad for the girls that are sent to this place by their parents. They are neglected. And it has become increasingly clear that the owners don't care about them. All the kids are to them is fat paycheck every month. This place is a sad excuse for a treatment center. Please never work here. You'll be treated like garbage, you'll be neglected and given no real chance to advance. This place is a pure scam. Every week it looks more and more run down and I have seen no signs of them planning on improving anything. The compound I stayed at in Tanzania was nicer than the girls rooms. They say they have plans to upgrade and expand, but it's all talk, they never do anything. When you get a new girl management with holds all information about them except their name. They do not try to prepare you at all on the best way to handle them. You're forced to completely wing it because management is completely useless when it comes to anything. I guarantee that every single good review this place has gotten is because management wrote it, or someone who benefits from nepotism wrote it. read more

This is from a girl who whole heartedly put their heart and soul into the program that is established at renewed hope ranch. Giving this one star is honestly even way to much. I was sent to the ranch at the end of may last year I had problems with drug use and can look back at that time and still understand that I was in a need of help. However, what is done at this facility is not right and you are grouped together almost randomly. I had drug use and huge defiant problems and those were the biggest reasons I had gotten sent to the ranch. When arrive you can be grouped with a girl who screams their head off all night and slams their head against the wall even though you personally do not have those issues. This exposes a lot of the girls at the facility and I was 16 when I was there and really couldn't imagine if I was any younger experiencing those things I was in a very vulnerable place when I had arrived and it became very easy for me to cling to any hope that I was shown. Knowing that I put my heart into this program and to come out utterly destroyed from the inside out shakes that all this place truly does is damage. If your a parent reading this I know your probably really scared and terrified to make the wrong decision about your child's life. With anything and everything you do do not send your child here you will find the right place, this place is not it trust me you do not want your child here. I only say this because looking back in my experience I can see that when I'm forced to ask to go in and out of every room, forced to wear the same color shirt, forced to only talk with a staff, forced to have a staff listen to me pee, forced to be quite for 30 second before meals, forced to give the caps to my art pens away, forced to give a book away that might just be a little inappropriate if someone else comes across it that these rules did not and do not teach me anything that I need in my real life. The justification behind the majority of these rules is they are trying to keep us safe. Which yes that is there true job to keep us safe however, these rules do not need to applied to everyone and the girls need to be separated depending on their risk level. When we are all thrown together girls are exposed to various things like: knowing what cocaine is, watching a girl kick,bite,punch each other or another staff, being exposed to eating disorders or watching on of there fellow peers try and kill themselves. I only say all these things because it's true and I can truly say that I put everything I had into this program and came out not knowing how to act in a correct manner or how to be comfortable alone. I know that I needed and I know the child that you probably love so dearly needs help. But this is not it there are other options I recommend going to a short term program or doing intensive out patient therapy I think that you will get a much better outcome and probably a really happy little girl by the end of it. I also recommend reading these articles it goes over a lot of options and programs that will probably benefit your child a lot more http://www.astartforteens.org/. I hope you make the right decision always tell your kid that you love them. Sincerely, Annie Redline read more