Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 11301 SE Tequesta Terrace , Tequesta, FL 33469
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<p><strong>ABOUT SANDYPINES RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER</strong></p> <p>Founded in 1991 in the Palm Beach County community of Tequesta in south Florida, SandyPines Residential Treatment Center offers <strong>residential treatment for children and adolescents</strong> struggling with a range of mental and behavioral health disorders, including <strong>substance abuse and <a href="https://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">dual diagnosis</strong></a>. </p> <p>To be admitted, incoming clients must already have an active relationship with a psychiatrist, with whom they had an appointment eight weeks prior to entering this facility. Both therapeutic and educational programming is available in <strong>English and Spanish</strong>. </p> <p>Within the state, Sandypines Residential Treatment Center is <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL17.pdf" target="_blank">among 20.2 percent</a> of substance abuse treatment centers with specially tailored programs for adolescents and <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL17.pdf" target="_blank">among 53.6 percent</a> with programs for clients with co-occurring disorders. It also is <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL17.pdf" target="_blank">among 29.2 percent</a> that offer residential, non-hospital care.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Substance abuse programming at SandyPines Residential Treatment Center is built around the <a href="https://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/11/1/Stages-of-Change-Model/Page1.html" target="_blank">Stages of Change</a> Model, which assesses a client’s position to start treatment at the appropriate juncture. Other cornerstones of the program include a <strong>focus on recognizing triggers</strong> and the origins of the addiction as well as relapse prevention planning. <strong>Medication management</strong> is also available as indicated.</p> <p>The facility also uses the <strong>12-Steps alongside evidence-based modalities</strong>, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing (MI). Clients participate in educational sessions as well as <strong>individual, group, and family therapy</strong>, including <strong>trauma-focused therapy and anger management</strong>. The team provides clients with independent living skills related to job seeking, money management, food management, health, and housing.</p> <p>Clients also engage in <strong>holistic and extracurricular activities</strong>, such as animal-assisted therapy, creative therapies, therapeutic outings, and the <strong>Reality, Oriented, Personal, Experience, Services (R.O.P.E.S.) course</strong>. In addition, clients attend Riverbend Academy, the accredited on-site school, which covers a standards-based curriculum, a special art program, as well as vocational training for residents aged 13+.</p> <p>As part of the discharge planning process, staff encourage residents to start working with a 12-step sponsor before they leave treatment to ease their transition back into community life.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Within the state of Florida, SandyPines Residential Treatment Center is <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/FL17.pdf" target="_blank">among 30.4 percent</a> of substance abuse treatment facilities accredited by the Joint Commission. Staff includes two board-certified psychiatrists, master's-level primary clinicians, a nurse practitioner who’s board-certified in psychiatric mental health, and a certified addictions counselor. Physicians may be independent practitioners rather than employees or agents of the facility.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>SandyPines Residential Treatment Center has accommodations in <strong>six units with 149 beds</strong>. Residents sleep in pastel-colored <strong>shared bedrooms</strong> and have access to an indoor lounge, TV room, and outdoor terrace. The campus includes an <strong>outdoor swimming pool</strong>, large outdoor spaces for team sports, gym with a basketball court, plus a jungle gym for younger children. </p> <p>The <strong>on-site school</strong>, accredited under the jurisdiction of the local Martin County School District, includes smart boards in several classrooms, a library, and computer lab. Immediate family members and guardians on the approved list may visit on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Rehabs.com has yet to receive alumni feedback. At the time of this writing, former clients who reviewed SandyPines Residential Treatment Center on secondary sites provided <strong>mixed opinions</strong>: two five-star reviews and one-star review on Yelp, and 2.9 out of five-star average rating based on 58 reviews on Google. <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> </p> <p>Numerous reviewers <strong>praised the staff</strong>; they also appreciated the help they received at the facility, deemed safe and trustworthy, reflected in a representative review by J.K.: “Sandy Pines wasn't my first adolescent treatment facility but was my last stop, and on my list probably the second best that has actual helped with things.” </p> <p>However, other reviewers reported a rude and inattentive staff, terrible food, <strong>unclean conditions</strong>, theft and other dangerous behaviors of some clients, as reported by one-star reviewer L.M., who wrote: “I stayed at SP for 5 ½ weeks and endured daily screams emitted from other residents all around me (frequently during the middle of the night, I did not get one once of sleep in that place) and constant bloody fights and brawls over the pettiest of issues.” </p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The sole loved one polled by Rehabs.com to date submitted highly favorable feedback about the facility. This reviewer responded positively to all of the metrics in the survey, offering five stars for counseling options, discharge policies, facility cleanliness and upkeep, likelihood to recommend, staff experience and training, and treatment for co-occurring disorders; four out of five stars for affordability, connectivity/visitor policy, family participation; and three stars for holistic offerings. </p> <p>The loved one considered strengths of the facility to be its nice setting, good doctors, and immaculate facilities and that its weakness was that it was “a little overcrowded, but still well staffed and well maintained,” adding: “Everything is clean and tidy, food was good, rooms were good… overall, this facility made an unpleasant experience bearable.” </p> <p>Elsewhere, online reviewers on the Yelp and Google secondary sites referenced above who were loved ones of clients offered overall <strong>mixed and negative opinions</strong>. Although some agreed with the positive experience of the Rehabs.com reviewer, such as K.S., who wrote: “Can’t say enough wonderful things about the staff and facility. My son was there for six weeks and got the help he truly needed. Thank you!,” others complained about the staff, treatment, and conditions. “These people are not interested in truly helping parents and children,” J.M., a representative negative reviewer, wrote.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to the SandyPines Residential Treatment Center website, the facility accepts self-pay and most private insurance, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, TRICARE, and United Behavioral Health. </p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/sandypines-hospital-tequesta" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/sandypines-hospital-tequesta</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small>: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Sandy+Pines+Residential+Treatment+Center+in+Tequesta,+FL&ei=cRHpWZbiL5GgjwT8m4igCA&start=0&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=617#lrd=0x88ded7d76493f05d:0x629554a387f2e6aa,1,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></p>
— Sherry Adler · 2019-02-28 07:18:50 PST
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