Eating Recovery Center Denver

Terrible place. They don't let you go to the bathroom. The bathroom is locked all the time. If you allowed to go to the bathroom the staff watch your private parts. The food is really bad and absolutely not fresh. I had pancreas decease. They don't know anything about it. They push you to do the tubing. It is dangerous for people with pancreas. They care about how to do more money through the tubing procedure. For parents, spouses they're showing good examples of food and everything. Why? This way the parents will be happy and leave they children for more time.

While I recognize that the standard higher level of care approach isn't for everyone, my experience with ERC was that of a traumatic and damaging environment, rather than one of support and healing. Although I left physically "recovered", emotionally, I couldn't have been further from healthy. ERC was dehumanizing, viewing patients as merely numbers and diagnoses. Even as an 18 year old, I was allowed little to no say in my treatment plan. My parents were encouraged to cut off communication if I spoke negatively of treatment or begged to come home. Naively, they went along with the recommendations, believing the "professionals" who "knew what was best for their daughter". Among others, isolation, threats, and fear tactics were used as effective techniques to treat patients. Or in other words, to scare vulnerable and struggling individuals into submission. As punishment for struggling I was at times secluded in my room for multiple days, denied phone access, and refused the privilege to go outside. Sadly, I was not the only person to experience this treatment and it truly hurt more to watch people I grew to care deeply for be traumatized in the same manner. I learned early on in my admission that to survive, there was no room to struggle. With ERC, everything is forced and recovery IS a set pace, regardless of individual needs. They always preached that recovery isn't linear, however their philosophies imply that linear is the only "correct" way to recover.

this has to be one of the worst treatment centers i’ve ever attended. the reviews here have all been apart of my experience, having left only about a week ago. not only that, new changes have been made. they decided to get rid of the ITU unit, and decided it would be a great idea to split up all of involuntarily patients from that into other units. this meant that patients with extreme behaviors and very ill ways of thinking were in their preciously recovery-focused units. the higher up in charge of this change had no concern for patient safety or wellbeing during this time. even as they watched how the effects changed the units, and how all the patients suddenly had high urges did nothing to stop them from making the extra money from this change. the once semi recovery focused unit was turned into an eating disorder breeding ground, where patients purged and paced in the halls, with do redirection from staff, and rather encouragement. this change was seen as a “lesson” from staff a higher ups, and the people against it simply needed to learn “radical acceptance” that was just one highly concerning event in the three weeks i was there. during this change i realized i needed to leave and change facilities, as my eating disorder was only getting worse due to the environment and circumstances. this was in fact the hardest feat of all, since ERC seemed to be in shock that i didn’t want to stay at the facility anymore. they told me i had “a slight chance” of getting in anywhere else. one 10 minute phone call later (literally the easiest thing ive ever done) and i was admitted into a new facility. while they pretended to be supportive, it was so clearly obvious how manipulative they were the entire time. they refused to sent my reports or medical clearance to the new facility, since it wasn’t their own. this is literally against the law and malpractice. this did not surprise me however, since i’ve now learned that ERC is prone to taking the easy way to get what they want, even if that means ruining the patients recovery in the process for a little extra cash. please, do not send your children here. i have never even heard of a facility more concerned with the money rather than patients safety. literally everyone in my unit just prayed for the day they’d be able to leave. while it was extremely difficult for me to leave, i was a voluntary patient and had it the easiest. some people are forced to stay and be subject to the malpractice with no hopes of ever leaving. i’m quite certain this place will be shut down soon, but in the meantime do yourself a favor and never set foot inside ERC. (P.S the staff even told me they hoped to never see me there again as i left) (PPS the only way i was able to leave was by signing the 72 hour hold, even though I was simply switching facilities and had already met all the criteria for PHP. they simply wanted to hold me there for a couple extra weeks for the money, with no concern for my mental wellbeing) (another P.S. THE ONLY PEOPLE GIVING THIS PLACE 5 STARS ARE THE PARENTS OF PATIENTS. i find this very ironic, as they only know what they’ve been told by the facility, which is absolute nonsense and a whole lot of manipulation. the only people who really understand this facility and the traumatic effects are those who were in it) this place was a pathetic excuse for a recovery center.

I was here in 2015, and I decided to check the reviews and see if the place has changed. It seems it has not. If you love your children, do NOT bring them here. I was here for 3 months, and I still suffer from PTSD from my time here. I was put in a seclusion room for 7 days as punishment because I would not eat. This meant the lights were on 24/7, there was nothing to do besides stare at the walls, I didn’t even get a blanket. If I would call out to use the restroom, they didn’t care. I was forced to urinate on myself several times and not allowed to shower for several hours afterwards as punishments. I had an NG tube while I was here. The staff decided that since I did not want to eat, they would remove my tube at night and place it again each morning. If you have ever had an NG tube placed, it is a horrific experience. Also, they never once got a chest x-ray to verify placement. I am a nurse now, and knowing they did that to 14-year-old me is horrifying. They would hang up my phone calls if I tried to tell my parents what they were doing to me. They would throw away my letters if they said anything negative about ERC. The physician who was worked here at the time was an awful person. He would call me weak for not recovering fast enough. He once told me I “was so weak and pathetic” that I seemed like the “type of girl to believe your boyfriend in high school that he loves you, and then get pregnant with his baby while he cheats on you.” I am not making this up, those were his actual words. If you love your child, do NOT bring them here. I wish I had filed a lawsuit for their many, many illegal actions they did to me (seclusion for 2+ hrs, chemical restraints, physical punishment, etc) but 14-year-old me had no idea this could be brought to court.

I honestly wish I could give this prison no stars. It absolutely deserves to get shut down. It’s more of a torture camp for young youths and adults. The PTSD this place gave me will haunt me and give me nightmares for the rest of my life. Where do I start? Not allowed to go outside the entire time. It had to be earned and when it was cold or snowing we never went outside for a month. Was forced in isolation and separated from others doing better than me after I already made friends with them I wasn’t allowed to speak to them again. Let’s get started on the abuse part of the employees shall we? Let’s see.. screaming at us, forcing us to strip down naked in front of each other, employees watching us use the bathroom/ showering while making inappropriate comments. Several girls tried to kill them self and I wasn’t far from it. This place psychologically messed me up beyond belief. We weren’t allowed to walk, talk or anything without 24-7 being monitored. They wouldn’t let us use the bathroom in the middle of the night. Non of the therapist were trained in eating disorders. The employees were all more like correction officers, getting off at yelling at us, making us feel like worthless prisoners. We were punished for not finishing our food in a timely manner. We were physically and mentally dehumanized. We were all slaves to this place. Phone calls, everything is monitored. I can not say this enough do not send anyone here. If anyone needs to talk about the PTSD of this place please reach out. I was there 2015 love u all I hope everyone can heal.

Please never send your child here. Another extremely manipulative & toxic troubled teen center profiting off the parents money or insurance companies and in turn psychologically abusing children. They have isolation rooms, you cannot go outside (a bus will drive you to the other center 20 FT away), calls are monitored with your parents and if you say anything bad about the facility you face consequences and your “team” tells your parents you are lying. You are not allowed to make friends in the program and if you do make a friend and they are in a different level and you are found speaking to them, you will find yourself faced with consequences. My therapist Whitney stole my private journal and read through the whole thing. She also lied and manipulated my parents along with the whole institution of ERC. This center is no different from Ivy Ridge or any other abusive troubled teen programs that are being called out now for abuse. It is traumatizing and so sad what happens here.

needs a good raze to the ground ♡ my therapist would frequently end our sessions 20-30 minutes early if I had "nothing to talk about". She didn't know much about eating disorders. Unfortunately I think I got stuck with a bad one because the others seemed more knowledgeable. As a 17 year old patient (how old I was when I was admitted for 2.5 months) I don't think I should be responsible for filling up our sessions. She also cut group time if no one was talking... mostly because we were depressed! For the cost of this place it's very unprofessional and unhelpful. I got nothing out of this. I'm 20 now, the only thing I can say is the friends I made were invaluable and we helped each other through this nightmare.

i wasn't even here for a full three days and it was one of the most traumatizing experiences of my entire life. this place was horrible at dealing with my other mental illness and my eating disorder as well. please, if you are looking for treatment, do not go here; do not send your child here.