Sundown Ranch

This place is horrible only thing that is good are the counselors the staff are horrible and messy talk down on the kids if you want to actually get better don’t go here

I would like to make a special review for a counselor at sundown ranch her name is Lacey! She has been exceptional the whole time my step son has been there! She has helped him make amazing progress. She was so sweet every time we talked to her, very respectful! Anyone that goes there would be so lucky to have her as a counselor she is a blessing!

There are no words to express the gratitude our family has for the people at Sundown Ranch, especially, Samantha Goss, a counselor that never gave up on our child. Without the entire Sundown Ranch team, we would have had no chance of getting our teen back on healthy footing and with skills learned stay on the positive path. Thank you ALWAYS. Julian’s Mom

I was sent to this facility as a teenager during one of the most vulnerable and confusing times of my life. I am now years sober, but let me be absolutely clear: this place had nothing to do with my recovery. In fact, the trauma I endured here nearly broke me in ways that took years of real, compassionate treatment to even begin to untangle. I spent over a year inside these walls, and I have since been formally diagnosed with PTSD because of what happened to me there. The memories are not unpleasant. They are haunting. They are the kind of memories that shape the rest of your life whether you want them to or not. If you are a parent desperately trying to help your child or an adult considering treatment, please read this with the gravity it deserves. This place is not safe. It is not healing. It is not therapeutic. It is traumatizing. The environment was built on fear, intimidation, and absolute control. The very people entrusted with my wellbeing became the ones responsible for the deepest wounds I still carry. Here are only a few examples of what I endured: -I was locked inside a cell-like isolation building they called the "unit" for an entire week after a manic episode that was triggered by the heavy and unnecessary medications they prescribed and forced into me. It was not treatment. It was abandonment. I was a terrified kid left to unravel alone in a cold concrete room with nothing but a thin plastic mattress, a Bible, and a so-called counselor watching me through cameras every hour of the day and night. It felt less like medical supervision and more like being watched in a cage, waiting to see what would break first, my mind or my spirit. - My privacy was repeatedly violated. Deeply personal experiences I begged to discuss only with my counselors were forced into group settings, ripping away any sense of safety or dignity. - I witnessed and experienced staff aggression regularly. Their anger was unpredictable and frightening, creating a culture where speaking up felt dangerous. - I was forced to attend religious services I did not believe in under threat of punishment. My spiritual autonomy was treated as disposable. - When I reported that another boy was touching me inappropriately, I was not protected. The fear became so overwhelming that I tried to run away just to get away from the place that was supposed to keep me safe. After they caught me and dragged me back, I was punished instead of helped. I was forced to sleep on the floor for a month as a reminder that speaking up only made things worse. The message could not have been more obvious. My safety did not matter and neither did my voice - Even phone calls to my parents were weaponized. They were intensely monitored, and when I expressed that I felt unsafe, I was punished for it. There is so much more. Far more than anyone could fit in a single review. In fact, the things I witnessed during my year there were so disturbing and systemic that I often think a documentary exposing these horrors should already be in production. What happened inside that facility was not a handful of isolated incidents. It was a culture of neglect, coercion, and abuse. I am alive today. I am sober today. But not because of this place. I am here in spite of it. If you are considering sending someone you love here, please rethink it. Look elsewhere. Find a place rooted in compassion, ethics, and genuine care. I would not wish what I went through on anyone.

I would like to take a moment to share my gratitude. This place was truly a blessing for my son. The counselor were amazing and the staff was very polite. Every time I would call to check on my son they always had a positive attitude. I want to say a special thanks to Lacy. She truly made an impact on my son’s life , you can visibly see the passion she has for what she does.❤️

I just wanted to say that I loved my 90 day stay over at the ranch and i feel it played a big part of who I am today the staff was amazing and every Thursday and Sunday we would worship and share the word of God but I really appreciate the staff for everything they’ve done for me while I was there I went back in December 2023 to March 2024 and I can say it’s helped a lot and I would like to say that Samantha and Jason were two of my favorites and Jeff and Lesley were two of the nicest people you could meet on this earth This place will always have a special place in my heart :)

The first thing my adoptive daughter said when we drove off was, “I am happy you brought me here.” Thank you all so much. I had my reservations, based off some bad reviews but when I addressed the staff with my concerns they gladly discussed my concerns with me. Samantha, her counselor communicated frequently with updates and always responded to my emails. To the whole staff million thanks, and thank God for programs like Sundown Ranch.

I do and do not recommend this place for teenagers why, first they do a sundown turn around, sundown turn around is where you take off all your clothes and a nurse has to make sure you don’t take any drugs or needles to hurt anyone Understandably with you inside the clinic even when that yet a client still got in with drugs and other teenagers took drugs and took about them a hour to know about it, you only get 5 min showers, clothes get solden and no one does anything about it, they go through your journals, folders, making sure you don’t do anything you not supposed to do , then also there something called the “ Unit” where is all white a room and a bed and a toilet of jail and shower too, and there is one worker who said to a other client “ Snitches get stitches” who says that to a client who needs to tell you something important and does things they not supposed to, and if someone keeps making the mistake everyone has to deal with the punishments and consequences as Holding them countable , ms.Kim made us work out and run for our punishment even the kids who acted right had to deal with it , and they make you change in the stall and then stalls are so small as a little kid restroom when you getting out of the shower, nurse nikki is so mean and gives you attitude and has a smart mouth, after all it’s a good place and isn’t too at the same time , the staff Shan, clya, selena, leslie, jeff, Shanna, angie, deany , are the most amazing and helpful people while there my stay and most of the time i had to put up a act to get out of their successful but end of time they made my stay more use and amazing thanks to them i learn a lesson of them and always telling me to smile but overall that’s what i say about sundown ranch.