Brattleboro Retreat,

1 Anna Marsh Lane, Brattleboro, VT 05302

"Unprofessional and toxic staff! Literally name calling and criticism to other staff members on floor in front of patients and staff! Don't need any type of certification to be one of the mental health assistants, and it shows. If you get beat up by a pt, other assistants just stand and watch so they don't get hurt. Most of the staff are travelers. This place has a dark cloud hanging over it. There is a reason why they have been urgently hiring for the past several months..."

"I was there the week of Christmas in 2018 nearly 5 years ago. I went from Bennington's Souther Vermont Medical Centers pyschward to Brattleboro. I was in a section with a bathroom to myself for a day or 2 then once I had become more stabilized I was let in with the others on that wing of the hospital. I then experienced group therapy as well as time with a pyschatrist. The old layout of a 50s 60s vibe was a neat and once in a lifetime experience that I don't wish on anyone but it was just what I needed for that season and time in my life."

"It was like staying in an old haunted insane asylum on the inside. The staff was okay but the rooms need a remodel. Not an ideal place for depressed, paranoid etc. mental health patients to be staying with those Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban bars on the windows, casting a looming shadow on the whitewashed, booger plastered walls as the sun goes down. Groups were a little over the top cliche and pointless… but a lot of the staff meant well."

"Spent a couple of hours here being assessed for outpatient ketamine treatment. Everyone was professional and friendly."