Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 202 Cove Forge Road, Williamsburg, PA 16693
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Reviewers frequently mentioned that the program helped them or their loved ones achieve long-term sobriety and praised the compassionate staff and effective tools provided. However, many others criticized the facility for substandard and unsanitary living conditions, including reports of bedbugs and poor food quality. Concerns were also raised regarding the use of uneducated or inexperienced staff to run groups, a perceived lack of individual counseling, and an environment that some felt was overly restrictive or punitive.
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<p><strong>ABOUT COVE FORGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH</strong></p> <p>Located on a quiet, 70-acre campus by the Juniata River in Williamsburg, Penn., Cove Forge Behavioral Health offers <strong>short-term residential treatment</strong> for individuals struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. This facility is one of just <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/PA17.pdf" target="_blank">46 (9.2 percent of 502 total)</a> non-hospital Pennsylvania facilities to provide <strong>residential detoxification services</strong>. </p> <p>The center’s <strong>Heroin Opiate Positive Experience (H.O.P.E.)</strong> program serves individuals in early stages of recovery through <a href="https://www.recovery.org/forums/discussion/7265/what-is-holistic-treatment-and-how-can-it-help" target="_blank">holistic therapies</a>. Cove Forge also offers intensive outpatient programming (IOP) in Erie and Pittsburgh.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>Clients may begin treatment at Cove Forge Behavioral Health with three to five days of 24-hour, nursing-supported detox. <strong>Medication-assisted treatment</strong>, including <a href="https://americanaddictioncenters.org/suboxone/" target="_blank">Suboxone</a>, is available <strong>to manage withdrawal symptoms</strong>, but not as a maintenance program. <strong>Vivitrol</strong>, which just over a third <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/PA17.pdf" target="_blank">(36.3 percent) of Pennsylvania’s facilities</a> provide, is also available as a recovery support for alcohol and opioid dependence.</p> <p>A typical residential program is <strong>two to four weeks</strong>, according to the facility’s website. Residents can expect to participate in <strong>individual counseling at least once a week</strong> and receive <a href="https://www.recovery.org/topics/dual-diagnosis-recovery/" target="_blank">dual diagnosis treatment</a>, which may include medication management, as needed. </p> <p>Among the modalities practiced are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), <a href="https://www.smartrecovery.org/smart-articles/introduction-to-rebt/" target="_blank">rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)</a>, family interactional therapy, and reality/choice therapy. <strong>Group options include music therapy, gender-specific, and spirituality counseling.</strong> The H.O.P.E. program emphasizes endorphin production through diet, supplements, exercise, “brain retraining,” gratitude, humor, and music therapy.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Cove Forge Behavioral Health’s medical director is certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). The treatment team includes psychiatrists and certified addiction and co-occurring disorder counselors. </p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>According to a Cove Forge website video, the Williamsburg campus serves up to 270 patients. The facility <strong>provides transportation for clients to begin their treatment</strong>, and alumni groups meet regularly on and off campus. In addition to daily <strong>ropes course activities</strong>, residents have access to walking trails, picnic tables, an <strong>on-site gym equipment, a recording studio</strong>, and arts and crafts activities, which include drawing and woodworking groups. </p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Eight of 15 Cove Forge Behavioral Health alumni reviews received by Rehabs.com to date were highly positive, four mixed, and three negative. Repeated comments noted an <strong>active daily scheduled and inconsistency in the quality of counseling</strong>. "Staff was compassionate and kind. However, sometimes one person did not know what the other person was doing," one alum wrote. </p> <p>Between eight and 12 alumni were polled more extensively on an array of treatment aspects. Notably, the lowest average rating contrasted with one of the facility’s highlighted priorities (holistic offerings), while some of the highest ratings reflected favorably on other priorities.</p> <blockquote> <p>Staff Experience and Training: 3.7/5<br /> Counseling Options: 3.9/5<br /> Holistic Offerings: 2.1/5</p> </blockquote> <p>However, metrics measuring accommodations tended to suggest overall satisfaction.</p> <blockquote> <p>Facility Cleanliness and Upkeep: 3.5/5<br /> Exercise and Leisure Activities: 3.3/5</p> </blockquote> <p>Average ratings of 3.3 out of five stars for Cove Forge from 36 reviewers on Google and three out of five stars from 12 YellowPages.com reviewers revealed similar trends.<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> Adding to a few mentions on Rehabs.com were <strong>alumni commented on the value of staff in recovery, a nice campus</strong>, and a busy program. A couple of reviewers reported a lack of follow-through support.</p> <p>On Facebook, an average rating of 4.1 out of five stars from 13 reviewers accompanied alumni expressions of <strong>gratitude for staff and life-saving treatment</strong>, as well as reports, echoing some on other third-party review sites, of delayed access to medication.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-3"><sup>[3]</sup></a></small></p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>More than half of eight loved ones polled by Rehabs.com offered positive reviews; two were mixed and one negative. Comments and ratings particularly <strong>highlighted counseling and counselors as strengths</strong>, as well as the amount of family participation. Nearly all metrics measured, particularly holistic offerings, received higher ratings on average from family members than alumni.</p> <blockquote> <p>Counseling Options 4.3/5<br /> Holistic Offerings: 4.3/5<br /> Family Participation: 3.8/5</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>Rehabs.com has not yet received any feedback from this facility’s former or current employees; however, nine staffers rated Cove Forge on average <strong>2.7 out of five stars</strong> on Indeed.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-4"><sup>[4]</sup></a></small> Reviewers tended to agree that the atmosphere was busy, while some found it productive and others unprofessional.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Cove Forge Behavioral Health accepts commercial and state insurance plans and works with clients to finding additional funding if needed, according to the facility’s website. The <strong>most highly rated aspect of the facility</strong> on average, from 12 individuals polled by Rehabs.com, was financial.</p> <blockquote> <p>Affordability: 4.4/5</p> </blockquote> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS725US725&q=Cove+Forge+Behavioral+Health+Center&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgecSYyS3w8sc9YamESWtOXmOM4uIKzsgvd80rySypFPLhYoOyFLj4pbj10_UNS9LS4tMrDTUYpHi5kAWkFJS4eL-EKEqI3tiUflFLiHPn-gXtLu9Odwr-k3oVHii2di0PADee2uluAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiHxa-KiqzeAhXmnuAKHfwNDqoQ6RMwDHoECAYQBA&biw=1362&bih=607#lrd=0x89cbee4487a0afb9:0xadad165157ea1afe,1,,," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yellowpages.com/williamsburg-pa/mip/cove-forge-behavioral-health-center-456681890" target="_blank">https://www.yellowpages.com/williamsburg-pa/mip/cove-forge-behavioral-health-center-456681890</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-3"><sup>[3]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cove-Forge-Bhs-of-Williamsburg/110313239031258" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cove-Forge-Bhs-of-Williamsburg/110313239031258</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-4"><sup>[4]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Cove-Forge-Behavioral-Health/reviews" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Cove-Forge-Behavioral-Health/reviews</a></small></p>
— Rini Cobbey · 2018-11-07 11:36:12 PST
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