Providence Behavioral Health & Recovery

My life has basically turned upside down in the past couple months. I don’t know where I’d be without IOP group therapy. The support is very needed. I’m still struggling but learning to deal with my mental stability in new ways. Depression and anxiety have nearly brought me down, but because of the therapists at Providence Mental Health, I feel better about going forward. I still have a ways to go, but feel like I’m doing better through this program.

I voluntarily admitted my self to the detox center at St. Peter chemical dependency center about 10+ years ago and followed through with there intensive outpatient program afterwards, while I was admitted in the detox center I was treated very kindly the nurses there were really compassionate and did everything to make my detox as comfortable as possible I highly recommend st petes to anyone who is struggling. Not all detox's are as comfortable and who has nurses who genuinely care and want to help like at st Pete's chemical dependency center .

I received a DUI over a year ago and needed to take a court ordered chemical dependency evaluation. Providence placed me in a 6 month course, one class a week, for people addicted to and recovering from substances.
All in all, they have been very welcoming and understanding with busy work schedules and family life. I am learning what I can from the class and observing others who are succeeding in class. It’s very uplifting to see others being treated with kindness and respect by the counselors. This is a great place to go if you truly are free of substances as they do have random UAs. Providence Chemical Dependency treats you fairly and if you do what you’re supposed to, it’s a breeze. It’s good to be rewarded with trust when you’re doing what is asked of you, which I cannot say for other places (northwest resources, the location of my first evaluation. A very unpleasant experience where I felt like everything I said was taken out of context and twisted. I ended up going to Providence for a second opinion and the level of respect/communication from the counselor was exactly what you would want from an evaluation). I highly recommend Providence Chemical Dependency if you enjoy being treated like a human with a potential to have a positive impact on society. They really do lift your spirits!

Despite the reviews, this has always been the most consistently well ran and ethical treatment center in the county. However they do gold you a 100% accountable for your actions. I'd call that accountability and I believe we all could use a little more of that.

So, if you want to grow in your new life in recovery this is THE place to do it. If instead the accountability part scares you and you'd maybe rather stay stuck in the problem(s), maybe try NW Resources. They'll push you right thru as long as your insurance or you keeps paying 💸💰💳.

The choice, as always, is ours OR there is always door number three...our 🍺🍹or 💊💉 are always happily awaiting our return to misery town.

So please do give them a chance. I reluctantly did and my life has never been so blessed and full thorough continued hard work and the help of others.

Be well.

Excellent staff and floor six joint replacement is super. Single rooms, friendly and competent staff. I was in for a full knee replacement by Dr. M. Moore and everything ran smoothly from check-in to check out. A shout out to night nurse Marshniel, PT Mike and day nurse Marissa. They are super professional and positive. Operation went very well, in the hospital for just one night. Great reaction time when you call from your room. I really appreciate their effort and the job they do.

I love the councilors here, the treatment plans, everything fit to your needs. I'll miss my counselors they were the greatest!

More and more I have these feelings of anger. There are so many people suffering who just want to get better. With oxycontin, the pandemic, and now fyntenal, decent people who have had hardship after hardship have almost no where to turn. These detox places screen and cherry pick people based on profits. I almost died twice last year. When all I wanted was help. When I came there I said help me, I don't want to die. Word for word, to anyone who would listen. When I was hurt and there for 2 weeks when administrators came in to play instead of offering me treatment I was sent home with 2 open surgical incisions and a good luck. It was cheaper than help me. Guess what it wasn't, I was broken, I couldn't walk, I was severely depressed, my world came apart. It wasn't long before I was drinking worse than before. Thank God it was less than 3 months before I shattered my ankle and had reconstructed surgery. That saved my life. I went thru DTs hallucinating, in and out of consciousness, full on withdrawal. I spent the next month on the top floor. Still no anything therapy, counseling, zip. After a month I was sent to an inpatient PT, for another month. Now I'm going on 15 months sober. My quality of life is rough, I am learning to walk all over again. At least I'm alive. How many aren't so lucky, shouldn't you lead by example. All the damage that's been done by people who swore to care for people. When is it your responsibility to make people whole, when so much is taken. Our Healthcare providers are as bad as the people who sell drugs on the streets, only you sell hope which is far more addictive than any pill. The promise of a chance to heal, the vulnerability that comes with placing your faith in strangers. What comes with what I was given. Physical pain, PTSD and the thoughts that come with that. I hope you change your business model to put people first, this institution might find when you take the first step, admitting there is a problem, and you are not powerless, and you can help make lives manageable. Those things come full circle.

Beware going here for your chemical dependency assessment; you'll likely get diagnosed unfairly even though your pee is clean. I don't drink, don't do drugs, yet Geri Loyal decided I needed treatment because I had a drink over a year ago and smoked some weed over 4 months ago. Really?