Rosewood Ranch

After more than a year in recovery, I feel so blessed to have found Rosewood Monte Nido. This place truly saved my life and helped me learn how to love myself. I’m still learning and growing every day, but I am definitely in a much better place because of them. The staff, nurses, and providers are absolutely amazing—they genuinely care, and you always feel safe, supported, and heard. I will always be grateful for this place. 💙

Monte Nido!! Thank you so much for helping me to recover to a healthier body and mind. This place saved my life. I was able to meet many lifelong peers through this program, and had so much support amongst staff. Highly recommend this place for treatment!!

Last year, I spent 27 days in the adolescent residential program at Rosewood Ranch. I was told it was a place of treatment, safety, and healing. Instead, the only thing I left with was trauma, pain, and a deep sense of betrayal. I entered care already shaped by years of abuse. I knew what it felt like to be powerless and unheard. What I didn’t expect was to feel that same fear inside a facility that claimed to understand trauma. Rosewood labeled themselves “trauma informed,” yet used my past experiences against me. Staff knowingly triggered me, provoked flashbacks, and then criticized, mocked, or disciplined me for reacting the way a traumatized teenager would. My behaviors were treated like moral failings rather than symptoms of distress, even though those reactions were part of the reason I was there in the first place. I was repeatedly described by staff as “reactive” and “defiant,” spoken to with sarcasm, and ridiculed in front of other patients. My privacy was violated in ways that were not only deeply unprofessional but emotionally damaging. Staff openly gossiped about me to patients and went as far as discussing details of my treatment plan with them, revealing personal clinical information that should have never left the therapy room. This harmed me and the patients who had no choice but to hear about it. Having previously been treated at Monte Nido Clementine, where staff were compassionate, skilled, and genuinely committed to care, I felt reassured when Rosewood described themselves as being part of the Monte Nido network. I now know that two programs can share a name without sharing ethics, training, or humanity. These two centers were nothing alike. The difference between them was the difference between harm and healing. I understand that treatment is not one size fits all. Some patients may have walked away helped, particularly those with less complex clinical needs. But for survivors of domestic violence, childhood abuse, or layered trauma, this is not a safe place. Rosewood was not trauma informed. It was trauma exploitative. If you are a parent searching for care for your child, please consider the weight of that decision. Treatment is already one of the hardest experiences a young person can go through. With proper support, training, oversight, and real empathy, recovery is absolutely possible. But in my experience, Rosewood Ranch does not offer those things. Programs like ERC, The Emily Program, Clementine, The Renfrew Center, Center for Discovery, and other well established facilities are better equipped to provide real care and lasting progress. I’m sharing this not out of anger, but out of urgency. No young person deserves to be hurt in a place they were sent to be healed. I hope my story helps someone else avoid the harm I endured. There is hope!

I came in under a unique set of health circumstances, not possessing an ED but needing aid due to malabsorption and leaky gut. One of the worst experiences in my life; there was little therapeutic support- much less than legal standards. We only had 1/3-1/2 of the programming scheduled.. you know, the point of going in the first place? I had to advocate hard for myself, especially when on different occasions forced into isolation and banned from communication based on another’s untrustworthy word and gaslighting. The dieticians were incredibly out of date, pumping misinformation rather than truth that did no one any good. I had issues with medication, finances, and being listened to as a functioning adult would be. That being said, the facility was beautiful and specific people that were amazing to me were Dr.Stu, Malia, and the patient advocate (Shannon)

I was in residential for about 4 months in 2025. I came in very ill and untrusting. I was met with a warm, caring, hopeful team who met me with compassion and expertise. I was also heavily supported by leadership. My team met me where I was at and was willing to be patient with my progress and circumstances. It didn’t take me long to trust in my team and begin my treacherous journey toward recovery. My team fought for me to progress toward my goals prior to discharge, which meant so much. I’m in a much better place because of my journey at Rosewood. Some suggestions include more content/process heavy groups and better communication with aftercare providers. Also, continued trauma training for BHTs, nurses, clinical team etc. Special shout-out to Amanda, dietitian, for allowing me to find hope, guidance, compassion, and support in my sessions and advocating for me throughout my entire stay. So grateful!

Can Confidently say Rosewood Ranch saved my life! I was a client here twice both times In 2024 on the adolescent side. When I was first admitted I had just been discharged from the hospital and was in a dark and scary place in my life where I truly did not think I was going to get better. When I first arrived, I was very scared and nervous as it was my first rtc I had been to. After acclimating I realized truly how healing Rosewood Ranch is. A little bit after I discharged I realized I needed more help. I was embarrassed to come back however the staff were so so supportive and welcomed me back with open arms. After leaving The Ranch the second time I was admitted to Rosewood Php and later admitted to Rosewood Scottsdale but I credit majority of my recovery to The Ranch. The therapists and dietitians here are very knowledgeable in ed treatment. Thanks to Rosewood Ranch I have my life back.

DO NOT come here!! Here’s my story. The day I got there a gentleman gave me a brief tour and that was as far as it went-I was on my own. I wasn’t told what was expected of me nor did I have a room by 10pm. I received clothes only the next morning. told what was expected of me. While I Getting meds was insane-girls would barge into the nurses station demanding the nurses attention. I was always advocating for myself. The room was extremely hot, I asked for the temperature to be turned down-they claimed they didn’t know where the AC was. They were so loud you could hear them in China. After the first night, I asked if I could talk to someone to start the process to leave. I wrote letters to the director and spoke to both of the therapists-they all blew me off. I NEVER met with a therapist. The weekends were an absolute disaster. The girls were unruly but no one said anything to them-they ran the show. There were scheduled times to use the bathroom-male and female staff would stand in the bathroom to watch you. I had a medical condition and it became painful if I didn’t use the bathroom when needed. I had an order for it but the staff had no idea. When I asked to use the restroom, I was told “no”-I explained that I had an order and she asked another staff if that was true. I confronted her stating I didn’t appreciate the way she spoke to me when it was her job to know that I had an order!! Her reply: “I was setting a boundary”. A boundary? What boundary? I’m sorry, how was their lack of communication or knowledge my responsibility? We were in treatment and it’s difficult-they made it so much worse. From that day forward, when I saw a new staff, I explained my situation beforehand. We were not treated with respect or dignity. When I fell asleep on the couch, a male staff KICKED the couch to wake me up. I slept on the tile in the hallway most of the weekend. On Monday, we had group and the lead staff talked about how god changed her life. What happened to “no religion or politics”? Once again, I asked to leave-the god fearing staff told me NO. She said she couldn’t authorize it and everyone that could, had gone home. I started to yell and oh, who comes down the hall? A supervisor. Her first words were, “don’t yell at me”. I was told to be kind to the other clients even if they were cruel but if I was upset, how dare I yell. She wanted me to explain what was happening, AGAIN-I was in disarray-why would I tell her what I’ve told every staff that I could find? And in that condition? She convinced me to stay. That night, a client peaked into my room and started talking nonsense-I postured AS A JOKE-I reiterated it was a joke and others tried to calm her with the same explanation. (They also told me that she was intolerable). She came into my room and was yelling in my face. I told her to leave. She went to staff and stated I was “being mean” -she told everyone else she was going to “smack me”. I lost it and confronted her-i was not calm or ok. I was told by staff to “play nice” and “have compassion”. Tuesday morning the girl who said she was going to “slap me” came to my bedroom door, I slammed the door shut. Staff once again excused her behavior and reprimanded me. I was no longer present and I as screaming at several girls. I told staff they had no idea what was going on. I watched girls drop food outside and flush it down the toilet. I hated the way I was acting-I was irate, scared and frustrated. I had an anxiety attack. It was pretty severe and they had no idea how to help. I wanted to die. When the supervisors came to talk to me they were condescending and everything that came out of their mouths, were lies. I just wanted to leave. Finally, someone told them to let me go. This was in February, it’s August and I’m writing this bc I still have trauma from it that keeps me up at night. I felt so small and not only was I angry with them, I was angry with myself for not being able to finish the program. With that being said, I wasn’t the only one who was hurting/struggling.

As a patient at the adolescent side... I was very lucky to have a great community and various great staff members. I came from another residential because i needed to be stepped up to a higher level of care and I would not have wanted it to be anywhere else. Yes there were days that sucked but every treatment center has its bad days. Dave was an amazing therapist and Malia was a great dietician. I was in a very bad place with my eating disorder and rosewood was able to renourish and help me start my recovery journey. I will always be appreciative of the help i recieved. No matter how hard it was in the beginning but by the end of my time their it truly was a big help. If you or your kids are struggling I would recommend rosewood.