Adolescent and Family Institute of Colorado

One of my teens has ongoing struggles with various issues, so I'm (unfortunately) more than a little familiar with treatment facilities of various sorts, ranging from hospital mental health holding areas, to short-term and long-term residential facilities to day treatment programs and outpatient therapy.I mention that to explain where I'm coming from when I say that AFIC isn't just bad, it's scary.Another reviewer commented that the founder has a God complex, and I can't think of a better description. It's possible that he manages to help some kids with his program, but at the expense of abusing the rest of the family. I understand and agree that most every family with a troubled teen can benefit from counseling and change, and that in many cases the (perhaps well-meaning, perhaps not) actions of the parents and family may be a big part of the cause of the teen's issues, but at AFIC the assumption going in is that the parents and the family are the cause of all that is wrong, and the "cause" is attacked very aggressively.Bottom line: Expect to pay exorbitant fees to be treated like crap.Perhaps it gets better later. I don't know. Our child only spent a few hours there, because our initial experience was so horrible that by the time we got home, we turned around and drove back. Our teen also reported feeling very uncomfortable and fearful of the founder and staff, and was very happy to leave. They treated our child well while abusing us... until we left.Unfortunately, I don't know of another place I'd recommend in Colorado. We had a much better experience and results -- at much lower cost -- from Life Line in Utah. They didn't "cure" my teen, but there are no cures for the condition, only skills to be learned to manage it and between Life Line and the outpatient therapist we found in Boulder, improvement is coming. I honestly don't think AFIC could have done any better, and fear they might have done much damage.

Is this place still open?I hope notZero help.But don't worry they find a way to get payedDr. P. Was more worried about the Redskins..