Pathways Real Life Recovery

"Hi, I am a client here at pathways. This therapy program has honestly changed my life. I could never have imagined the progress I am making on myself. I used to have severe anxiety to where I couldn’t even leave the house or get up to my desk to work from home. I was just rotting away in my bed and getting high all the time and throwing up from my anxiety. I now have been sober for 5 months and I haven’t thrown up in 5 months either. They have helped me take back control of my emotions and my life and I feel like it can only keep getting better if I listen to everything that pathways offers/ teaches me. My eyes have been opened to how bad I have treated myself and all the shame and guilt I was feeling but could never fully point out because I just always felt numb and never wanted to feel my feelings. I now know what I need to work on and I truly feel that I am making progress that will not just only help me now but for the rest of my life. This is the best decision that I’ve ever made for myself. The therapist that they have are all great. My main therapist is Tina and she has been so kind, genuine, supportive every meeting that I’ve had with her. Also the other therapist has been so helpful when they are teaching groups. I love that it’s different people leading groups because it’s always a new perspective on things. Even the clients in group therapy make it such an inviting environment where you can feel free to be exactly who you are. I have shared more with the staff and clients than I ever have with anyone in my life. The clients I’ve meet have become some of the best friends I’ve ever made. Pathways is such a great place that I can’t even really say how grateful I am for it. Pathways will forever be a part of me and I would recommend anyone who needs help with mental health issues or addiction issues to go there. It truly saved my life and I can see a bright future for me"

"Okay! So, a fabulous place to get treatment. They treat you well here, and it is a comfortable environment to share your problems and get the help you need. I want to write that I've never seen a clinic highlight so much that I mattered as a person, and this was crucial for my recovery and giving me the optimism I needed to continue my life. I saw people get help for addiction, anxiety, and trauma, and no matter their experiences, they were always reminded that they mattered. This coupled with their methods of treatment are what helped me get better. For highlights: I enrolled in their IOP program, meaning I went to their clinic in Sandy 3 times a week, for 2 hours those days in the evenings for group therapy. I was impressed with their treatment process. Monday evenings, you learn and engage in a therapy process called Mind-Body Bridging (MBB), Tuesdays is a check in with learning about breathing/meditation, and Thursdays is meditation/yoga. All of these, while they may seem kind of trivial, actually help if you take them seriously and apply them outside of the clinic. They also had me meet with a doctor, an individual therapist, and a "recovery specialist" who helped me delve even deeper into the roots of my problems (essentially, another therapist). All of these aspects played a huge role in my treatment process. The doctor prescribed me meds for my specific problem that my normal healthcare provider would have never thought of to prescribe, and it was a gamechanger. Next, my individual therapist, handpicked by the director of the clinic who she thought I would click with best, ended up being one of the best therapists I've ever had--Shawn was very understanding and crucial in my recovery. Finally, the recovery specialist was a unique aspect to an IOP program, and he played a role in which I was able to reflect on my life and figure out the "roots" of my challenges--this included figuring out my values, journaling, and most importantly, asking myself "why" things were important to me. Trust me when I say that taking this seriously will help you figure out where you've been, where you are now, and where you can go, hopefully in a different direction if you've been through hard experiences. Places to improve: --Punctuality. Often in the evenings, the facilitator would wait up to 20 minutes to start because we were waiting for others to trickle in. I get that we want to look out for everyone--I also think that if people care about their own treatment, they'll make an effort to show up on time like I did. I paid a lot for this program--I wanted every moment to count. That being said, I did enjoy the chill conversations I had with other clients and the facilitator while we waited--and punctuality could still improve. --Staying on task. Some evenings, we would get off track because we were having so much fun with conversation. Or, we would get off track because one client or another would unintentionally share so much that a good chunk of the night was more about them than the group. I think it could definitely help if the facilitators put more effort into keeping the group on task. It happened enough to be noticeable, though not enough to knock a star off this review. --Clear road to graduation. This program did not make it clear what they expected for me to graduate. For this program, partway through I had to ask, "hey, what do I have to do to graduate, I'm feeling like I've made a lot of progress." What followed was actually fairly complex. I had to meet with a separate counselor and complete 4 different long assignments (which I didn't know there were 4 parts to until I completed part 2, which I thought was the end) then get approval from him and my counselor. There was probably more looked at, but in general, I had to ask and it was not made known to me otherwise. --Enrolling and questions. Questions about enrolling and finances took some time to get answers to, because the woman in charge was always in meetings. Having an assistant could help."

"Pathways is a place of miracles. I and so many others have come to pathways feeling unheard, misdiagnosed, hopeless, like no matter what you do you’re not good enough, and given up on by other outpatient or inpatient treatment. Pathways is a treatment center, but more than anything, it becomes your family. The friends I have made in my peers are lifelong, and I feel safe knowing that I can come anytime and my friends in the staff are lifelong too. I came to pathways with an undiagnosed eating disorder, zero will to live and the belief that my trauma wasn’t trauma, and everyday I leave group, I leave with compassion, affirmations I can believe in, and hope for my future ❤️ Recovery is not easy, but this place will support you through all the hard things. The trauma track is life altering (thanks Josh), the therapists are all so so kind and amazing at their jobs, the front desk staff and recovery specialists are my best pals, there’s this amazing yoga and meditation teacher and we all get so pumped to see her, the doctor is super cool and always wears cool outfits and is really diligent about finding the right meds, and Tchelsey, Chrissy, and Amy have been the only reasons some days that I continue to choose recovery from my eating disorder. If you’re at all on the fence about getting help, just go to the free consultation and meet with them and get a snack and you will be comforted and loved just as you are."

"Pathways completely changed my life. They saved my life and taught me how to continuously improve on it. Pathways was my sixth hospitalization and it is hands down the best treatment I have ever received. I will always be grateful for pathways."

"Pathways is not just an exceptional place to find recovery and help when you need it. It’s a safe place to grow, to heal, and to get help with whatever it may be that you need help with. No two people are the same, and Pathways, and everybody involved in this treatment facility understand that you are unique and so is your experience. They will help you if you are ready to help yourself. I promise you that. Every single individual right down from the owner, to the COO, to the doctor to the behavioral therapists to the nursing staff to the staff itself meet you with the understanding that they will literally do anything for you. This place saved my life, and for that I’ll be grateful as long as I live."