San Marcos Treatment Center

San Marcos, Texas

120 Bert Brown Street
San Marcos, TX 78666

(800) 251-0059

About San Marcos Treatment Center

San Marcos Treatment Center is a residential program and helps people who are dealing with substance abuse and mental illness. You can find this place in San Marcos, Texas right next to Bobcat Stadium.

The location has several trails for you to walk on while you recover. They also have activities that help with recovery that they call ROPES. It stands for reality oriented physical experimental services. It’s meant to help residents grow together while they go through the program together. You’ll learn new ways to cope and come up with your own goals that you want to get done while in therapy.

This place is very communal. They offer several things that bring people together. They have crafts and games as well as group outings. They also throw special events like super bowl parties and other holiday celebrations. Another nice amenity with this place is that they have a swimming pool to use.

The downside is that many people have felt like this place was a baby sitting center more than a treatment center.

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Medical briefcase icon Levels of Care

inpatient iconInpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

24-hour icon24-Hour Clinical Care

24-hour clinical care in Texas provides a safe environment for medical detox. This setting is crucial to provide medical care during withdrawal. Certain withdrawal symptoms can cause life-threatening conditions, but patients in a supervised clinical setting have treatment readily available to address any symptoms before they become severe. Treatment can also be provided for co-occurring physical and mental health issues.

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212

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  • basketball iconBasketball court
  • pool iconSwimming pool
  • home-setting iconResidential setting

Heart icon Treatment

check iconDual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

mental-health iconMental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Hand holding medical sign icon Clinical Services

inpatient-file iconCognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

couples-therapy iconCouples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

dialectical iconDialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Eating Disorder Treatment

Eating disorders include anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and dysfunctional eating patterns. Many psychologists and other mental health professionals consider eating disorders to be food addictions, meaning food is being used in an addictive way (similar to drug or alcohol addiction). Certain substance abuse treatment programs will have treatment for eating disorders as one of the services offered. An eating disorder may also present as a co-occuring disorder or dual diagnosis alongside drug and alcohol addiction.

medical-detox iconExperiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

family iconFamily Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

intervention iconGroup Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

mental-health iconIndividual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

house-medical iconTrauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

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Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes

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120 Bert Brown Street
San Marcos, TX 78666

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2.6 (138 reviews)
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This isn't the best place,but i can actually say i got help from here.it takes a while to realize there is no way to cheat this system.the only way you leave is if you actually do the work.throughout my time,i saw kids leave within a month,some even took years to realize thi ... Read More

Reviewed on 2/17/2019
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This place is dangerous the staff will actually increase your child’s diagnosis by the way they treat them they yell and curse at them the upper management does absolutely nothing to To the staff that are missed treating the kids. My son was held and restrained by a staff ... Read More

Reviewed on 11/19/2018
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2.6 (136 reviews)
tristan rogers
2 months ago
1

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hello, Tristan. We appreciate that you took the time to review us. We would like to attain more details about this; could you please visit http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/ at your earliest convenience and provide us with your contact information? We look forward to hearing from you.
Gary and Tessie Moore
2 months ago
5

No place is perfect, but this place has been pretty ideal for our son. I'm not sure why the other reviews are so low. The communication between staff and us as parents has been absolutely amazing. We get notified almost immediately if there have been any incidents involving our son. We get notified immediately about med changes. I can call any time and discuss concerns with the staff. I can call and chat with my son whenever I want, though he might be on the ropes course or at the cafeteria or at school. If so, he calls me back when he's finished.Consequences for choices are consistent and controlled. He knows what to expect if he acts out aggressively, is violent, or tries to run away. Staff members are always super close so as to separate kids or remove a kid from the setting.We have been very impressed with the family therapy sessions over zoom (we live a few hours a way). The sessions are all working toward the goal of healing. The sessions offer a safe place for us as parents to share with our son how difficult life has been on our end as well as offer him a controlled environment to share how he feels and process things. If our son is disregulated and the session isn't going as planned, his therapist switches gears and provides an activity that helps him regulate but also subtly works on skills he needs. If things are really rough, we cut the session short and he goes back to his unit. Again, this is the consistency part of consequences for choices.If you are on the fence about sending your kiddo, go ahead and send him or her. It's tough being separated from your kid, but San Marcos Treatment Facility truly cares about getting these kids regulated, safe, and ready to go back home.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hi, Gary and Tessie. It means the world to us that you took time out of your day to leave us this great feedback. Thank you, and we hope you have a pleasant day.
Makayla Givens
2 months ago
1

I went to SMTC last year you don t want to send your children there I have seen females try to off them selves and staff tell them to kill themselves fights happens and everyone gets punished or they let some stuff slide if they really like you they really only care about the money not the emotional well being of your child they prescribe me 1,500 mg of medicine not even taking any disorders I have into consideration even after I told the doctor of the affects of the medicine ( blurred my vision, made my tongue tingle , made me very dull) he still continued. They barely feed your children unless your on doubles which is only given selectively to visible small people. They make you sleep on a mattress in the hallways as punishments and they have really harsh punishments aswell that tend to make you feel excluded from your unit . The staff there are sometimes really rude and aggressive like for example on a younger females unit I saw a little girl no older than 6 being carried by one arm to the unit even the staff on our unit Mrs. UpChurch said something about the other staffs behavior. The holds that the staff put the kids leave bruises on our body and sore the next few days and it s not even regular people putting you in hold most times it s F.A.O( faculty administered officers) which are usually very large men. Staff cuss at the kids when they get mad or even walk out while working due to negative interactions with patients ( arguing or physical fights ) Some staff have fought with patients. Things like milk are sometimes old and out of date . If you really care about your child San Marcos is not the place to go they isolate you and belittle you and let stuff slide depending on who you are girls constantly getting jumped and staff do nothing hit isolate them for a little then lock them back up on the same room and tell them no to talk. I witnessed girls bring glass in under their tongue with means to purposely fight with another girl and slit her throat or another example girl checking their meds and later sniffing them and having other kids cheek them and sniff them , or here s another girls beefing and wiping each others toothbrush around the toilet. San Marcos Treatment center is not the place to go they don t even pay their staff well enough most of the employees I had on my unit quit due to what they were dealing with and obviously not being paid enough. Sometimes they have power outages and have to sleep in a gym freezing cold being the winter is usually harsh out there. Please read this and take into consideration before sending your kid.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hi, Makayla. Thanks for taking the time to share this review. Could you please visit http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/ and provide your contact information so we may be in touch with you personally? Thank you in advance for your time.
Karl Childers
2 months ago
1

San Marcus Treatment Center a.k.a. The Brown Schools, Is known for it's abuses to children for decades. I was a patient there in 1985, And I was subjected to staff members beating on myself and other patients, Being restrained in prone positions by staff that restrcted breathing and numerous mental tortures a well

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hi, Karl. We understand that your time is valuable and appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback with us. If you would like to discuss your concerns further with a representative, please provide us with your contact information by visiting http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/. Thank you for reaching out.
kenneth stephens
2 months ago
1

Sometimes you have no choice but to cut your child loose and hand them to strangers just know they will hate you forever so make sure there's a plan for the inevitable release back to your custody.

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hi, Kenneth. Thank you for taking the time to reach out to us with your concerns. We take your comments very seriously and would like to learn more about your concerns So that we can better assist you, please provide us with your loved one's full name and location in our facility by visiting https://sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/. Again, thank you. We hope to hear from you soon.
Bethany Schmidt
2 months ago
4

Hey, I was a patient there and my therapist Dennerline, was very helpful and we worked hard on my treatment, when I was giving up she pressured me to try and work it through and fake it till you make it

Response from the owner2 months ago
Hi, Bethany. Thank you for taking the time to give our staff a shout-out! Hearing kind words and sentiments such as these are always so meaningful. We will be sure to forward your positive messages along to our team. Take care, and we hope you are well!
Andee Cooper
3 months ago
5

San Marcos was the only place that never gave up on my daughter, never thought she was beyond saving. They made me feel like I had a team behind me at a time when I badly needed the support. Her therapist was kind, insightful and instrumental in my daughter's healing. And I'm so happy to report that now, years later, she could not be doing better. Happy, healthy, stable, and engaged in life. I will forever be grateful to San Marcos for the role they played in our success story!

Response from the owner3 months ago
Hi, Andee. Thank you for taking the time to share your kind words with us! Compliments such as these are held very dear to our hearts. We re currently working on a staff recognition campaign and would like to share your kind words with our community. If we may include your anonymous feedback, please fill out the following form by visiting https://ebgw.short.gy/SanMarcos. Thank you again for sharing your thoughtful comments with us.
Miguel Rodriguez
4 months ago
1

This is probably one of the worse places you can take your child for any kind of treatment, we sent our daughter there, the place holds the kids in a small room approximately 12 foot by 12 foot big, they sit there all day almost, they lie about what happens in the place, they do what ever it takes to cover for their own, my daughter unfortunately was jumped by a girl there and we told them before it happened, and they did nothing about it, she was almost stabbed by the student with a pencil, they left the girl in the same area, the main nurse insults and makes fun of the kids, my daughter yes also attacked the girl after telling the staff multiple times what the girl was doing and yes she took it upon herself to defend herself, leading to having their blood in her mouth, and guess what the place cares so little about the health that my daughter was never checked to make sure she didn't transmit any disease or anything, needless to say we were accused of supporting her actions, despite the fact we went there and spoke with multiple people about all the situation. This place only cares about making a paycheck. Then to make things worse I jave tried to contact then several time to speak to the so called person in charge and still have yet to hear from him. The place is inhumane. Most kids I'm sure come out worse then they did before they get there. The kids sleep in the hallways on the floor on a mattress when being punished.they verbally abuse the kids, they show favoritism toward the ones they like. We had issues with the facility since day one of her treatment, they will tell you what you want to hear till you have your kids there, but trust me even the staff in front office can tell you otherwise, this place is not good for our children and definitely not help. When my kid was attacked they left the girl there but the moment mine did something back she was kicked out the program, on the brochure they tell you that the kids will be check and be protected, mine never got check and was able to take a vape in the place, kids are still hurting themselves there, then punished even when not doing anything, my kid was left in a room with approximately 16 other girls for almost the whole day, when we told our child to tell when being bullied or attack to tell someone and protect herself and we were accused of telling her that it was ok to harm others. This place will do or say what ever then can to protect themselves. This place should be shut down, nurses and staff should be invested, if my child contracted anything from that kid they will be blasted worse on the news. Believe that, because my child was never checked.

Response from the owner4 months ago
Thank you for the review, Miguel. We would like to work with you directly about your feedback. Could you please visit us at http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/ to provide us with your contact information so we can reach out to you? Thank you.
Janet Michel
4 months ago
5

My ward has been there for four months. He is Autistic, IDD, ADHD with a history of severe trauma. I am impressed with SMTC. The staff is very caring and attentive. The therapist has been so good for him and has helped him with healing. He is learning behaviors that we put up with because the rages that followed weren t worth the behavior correction but now he is saying please and thank you and chewing with his mouth closed! (Observations from a visit with him. Small things, yes, but unexpected.) The school there has picked up where our school was at and he is doing great. For other parents fearful of sending their child there, I will tell you this has been our best decision for him. He has a few more months to go, but the path seems brighter than what we were facing before SMTC.

Response from the owner4 months ago
Hello, Janet. So glad to hear this terrific feedback! Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. Take care.
Ally Martinez
5 months ago
1

I was a resident here about 12 years ago. I had some females from the gang unit try to chase me down in the school yard and the staff allowed them to come into the classroom I was in. That had a bunch of younger kids in order to try and fight me because these girls said they knew me but I had never met them in my life. If you value your child's overall health don't bring them here.

Response from the owner5 months ago
Hi, Megan. Thank you for sharing your concerns with us. We'd appreciate the opportunity to discuss them with you in more detail directly. Should you wish to speak with a representative in more detail, please provide us with your contact information by visiting http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/. Thank you again.
Sonya Zumwalt
5 months ago
2

My daughter was court ordered to go here from June 2023- March 2024.I won t go into all the details of her stay. However the main issues with this center were:1. Lack of supervision/ under staffing. My daughter was on Clearview Down and then transferred to Clearview up after being jumped by 2 females. Then when she went to Clearview Up she was jumped by 4 females. All because staff either didn t take threats seriously (can t do anything until something actually happens) or there was lack of supervision and understaffing. By understaffing I m talking about the ratio is supposed 1 staff per 5 kids. However there were many times my daughter would call me and tell me there were 1 or 2 staff members for a unit of 15 girls. Clearview Up was closed down 2x in the short period my daughter was there and the girls were broken up into different units to spend nights because there wasn t any staff on CV Up to look after these girls. There were also times where girls would be left unsupervised in areas with no cameras and fights would occur or girls would be doing inappropriate acts with each other, and if the cameras didn t catch it then it didn t happen in managements eyes. My daughter and several other girls were able to get supplies (ink and 2 needles) to give themselves stick and poke tattoos. Apparently a girl brought the supplies in after her pass to go home to see her family, however they ended up blaming a staff member for supposedly giving the girl the supplies.2.The food or lack there of . The cafeteria was being remodeled the whole time my daughter was there and they were using a mobile kitchen that was small and only fit about 3 cooks. They would run out of food and have to find other substitutes that weren t on the menu to feed the kids. The food was often moldy or undercooked. They claim to give the kids portion controlled plates but we are talking like 2 small chicken strips to feed a hungry teenager for dinner. And Lord forbid if one child didn t want their food and tried to give it to another child, or if you accepted food from someone else you would be punished and put on preferred activity rest or some other consequence. They would rather you waste the food and toss it in the trash. My daughter lost over 60 lbs being there. While she was happy about the weight loss because her medications before going to the center caused her a ton of weight gain, some of that was because of the walking they did from building to building but some of it was because she wasn t eating much. Now that she s home, she is more hard on herself and self conscious about her weight because she is able to eat and worries constantly about gaining weight and shaming herself if she see s her weight fluctuating. (Staff members liked to fat shame kids)I could go on but I will stop here. This could a better place IF the staff was trained better and they could keep staff members. Staff was constantly quitting. The lack of supervision could legally open a can of worms. Also, they need to figure their food program out. Stop admitting children if you can t provide enough quality food to feed them all.

Response from the owner5 months ago
Hi, Sonya. Thank you for taking the time to review us. Please visit http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/ and provide your contact information at your convenience so we may discuss your review. We appreciate your time and hope to hear from you.
Nick Brown
6 months ago
2

I was here in 2001-2004. New Heights Boys (building in front of the therapists office on the former football field) was my dorm. I was lucky to have a good therapist, but the rest of the place was hell on earth. It was a necessary evil to go here as Washington State had no mental health treatment centers that slapped sense into would-be young delinquents. I remember all the codes on the walkie-talkies, the 'Structures" (punishments if you stepped out of line) Half of the staff and inmate names which I won't repeat here as that is breach of confidential information. I wonder how much has changed in the past 20 years as I write this. Are point cards still used (Purple, Yellow, Cherry, Blue, Orange, Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3) is it still hell like it was 20 years ago, when the owners of Bert P Brown School passed the torch to CiDu in late 03?

Response from the owner6 months ago
Hello, Nick. Thank you for taking the time to reach out to us. We take your feedback very seriously and would like to learn more so that we can address your concerns. If you wish to speak with a representative in more detail, please visit http://www.sanmarcostc.com/contact-us/ and provide us with your contact information. Again, thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. We hope to hear from you soon.
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