Sunrise Residential Treatment Center – Washington

We could not adequately express our gratitude for the amazing treatment provided to my daughter and our family by the staff at Sunrise Treatment Center. Everything provided to us was helpful in putting our family back together and providing us and our daughter with the skills we use daily for success and happiness. The special nature of this program is their ability to carry the mission and aims of DBT treatment across EVERY category of staff member. From counselors, teachers, house-staff, dietitian, nurses, the psychiatrist, the administrators and their staff, and all that provided for the care and safe keeping of the children, these were the most professional and kind people, who not only provided therapy, but are true role models for life. The facilities are kept modern and up to date, and the activities were educational and fun. We recommend this treatment center with highest regard. We have no affiliation to the institution, but we sincerely hope it will be active for many years to come for future generations.

I graduated in 2017. They should re-evaluate many business practices and how they allow religion to impact the rules. They lie to parents about conditions and tell parents their daughter would lie about how bad it was to try to get home. This caused my parents to not believe me when I was telling the truth. Nearly 10 years later my relationship with my parents is still recovering. If you’re reading this as a prospective parent I seriously advise you to exhaust ALL other options. Any progress I made at Sunrise was because of me, not the poor care I received there.

The property is beautiful, housing for clients sufficiently spacious and new, the admission team and admission process impressed me. The team was very thorough. Most or all staff have worked there 2-5 years per the director, suggesting to me this is a good workplace for staff, good retention with no vacant positions, and solid experience with the client base and milieu. Unlike some facilities that tout DBT, all the staff here are actually certified in DBT using a Duke University curriculum, again per the director. I will write another review later after we have had some experience with the setting. New post: After six weeks, I can say that this is the best RT we have experienced. This is the first RT where we as parents have received support. Other RTs have parent support groups. Sunrise also offers weekly DBT sessions for Parents. We have a hefty parent manual with DBT exercises. Each week we learn and practice a new DBT skill that our kid is learning. This is critical to improving each kids' family system. They co create a meticulous treatment plan, create contingency management plans tailored to our teen's needs, and let us attend a monthly clinical team meeting for our teen. Communication between team members is impressive, and they reply promptly to our questions and concerns. New post: Our teen spent 6 months at Sunrise. Not all of it was positive. One teen will try to talk others into running away. Kids will fight. That happens anywhere. But the staff were very familiar with all the tricks kids will try and applied effective strategies to prevent, detect, and mitigate. All the staff including technicians are trained in CBT and DBT. They help teens manage social situations and conflict. The kids have their own house meetings and bring issues to staff. The kids do chores and their housemates hold each other accountable. They practice talking through conflicts. Sunrise holds parent weekends each quarter. We meet all the staff, have teacher conferences, family therapy and well run group sessions. And time alone with our kid. It was hard emotional work. Our son is doing really well now, 5 months after discharge. More emotionally mature, able to handle stress and conflict using strategies practiced at Sunrise, future-oriented. The resources for parents were very helpful. I am so grateful for Sunrise!