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Our daughter spent over a year at Fulshear and we recently brought her home. She was there over the 2019-20 year and as everyone knows who has lived through these times, they have been fraught with difficulties due in large part to the COVID-19 virus. However, if anyone could be prepared for such an unexpected eventuality, Fulshear was. One of their universal teachings is titled “The Art of Transition.” Basically, what that means is their clients are trained individually in wholehearted learning surrounding every aspect of dealing with change. That practice, already in place and familiar to each client, made the transition to social distancing and sheltering in place simply another aspect of the art of transition taught to each client. I won’t say it wasn’t hard, because it was. But with the program in place the girls adjusted better than had it been otherwise.One of the best things about Fulshear is their loving commitment to the clients in their care. Our experience and that of our daughter has been that the therapists and staff at Fulshear truly care. It was a very difficult process because the reasons for the clients being there are truly challenging, but that makes it that much more uplifting to see the changes over time with each client. Our daughter has come home with some seriously amazing skills and tools for helping her face the challenges of life. Her understanding of human interaction and attachment has gone from beginner to advanced. And her desire to continue improving and utilizing those tools belongs to her, not to us, her parents. She is motivated to make a life for herself in healthy ways.Fulshear is committed to building and maintaining healthy relationships. To this end, they have family programming times every three months (pre-and hopefully post- COVID-19). These special weekends include much training for clients and their families in all aspects of the Fulshear experience. Families and clients are strengthened through these classes and the interaction it involves. I felt that I was included even more fully in my daughter’s growth by investing in my own growth as I learned and applied the principles my daughter was learning.My husband and I wish to add our voices to the many who have written in support of this special place where our daughter faced and fought her demons, learned how to reach out and seek for her needs to be met, built special friendships among therapists, staff, and clients, and is now home with the intent to live a “healthy, strong, and influential” lifestyle. She has plans to move on with her life of learning, growth, and attachment. We fully support and endorse Fulshear and thank everyone there for each and every part they played in our daughter’s and others’ growth.
As a mother I was very nervous & skeptical about how my daughters experience at Fulshear would be. We had been through so much already. I was explained exactly how things would work, what I could expect, what Kens could expect & exactly how treatment would go & who was a part of her treatment team. It was difficult to leave as I lived in another state, but Helaine & her staff made the transition smooth. I always knew how things were going & would get calls when my daughter earned her phone time. Family weekend is held 4 times a year & I attended every one of them. My daughter was there just shy of a year. Fulshear saved her life, it saved our mother daughter relationship. For the first time ever, my daughter had a chance at life. It wasn’t an easy year & she put hard work into her recovery, but she is a different person. She is amazing , happy, loveable, compassionate. Fulshear helped teach her how to live independently. She now lives in Houston, with a roommate, has a job & is going to Vet Tech school. I have the best time visiting her! It’s hard to leave. Thank you Fulshear for giving me my daughter back!!
My daughter graduated from Fulshear in Texas Dec. of 2020. When we arrived at Fulshear my daughter was broken, unable to feel, depressed, self medicating, and imploding in on herself. After years of therapy, numerous meds, and nearly losing her we grabbed on tight to the only hope we had and enrolled at Fulshear. The day we first toured Fulshear there was a graduation of one of the women. I watched as I heard the women in the program speak of the transformation this young woman had undergone in her time at Fulshear. I heard about her personal growth, finding herself, struggle, wanting to quit, hard work, family therapy, forgiveness, plans for the future and a family forever changed for the better. I listened to the staff speak of the same thing and finally the graduate herself. I knew then that this was the place for my daughter and I thank God she agreed to enroll that day.Fourteen months later, I watched my own daughter graduate! She and we as a family are forever changed for the better. The people that work there are nothing short of miracle workers, the program is COMPREHENSIVE. They treat each woman individually and nothing is left unaddressed by graduation time. It was a long program but it’s what was needed to save my daughter’s life. To hear her say “I love my life” and see her function in the world looking to the future is all I could ask for.Her journey was not easy and there were many bumps along the way. She cried many tears as she learned to feel emotions for the first time as did I. She had set backs and at times I wasn’t sure how it would all turn out. We each worked hard to change our relationship. If you think you are dropping your daughter off to be “fixed” and then picked up later, be prepared to be challenged and asked to look at your own part as a parent. The entire family system is treated at Fulshear not just your daughter. Only through both of us being vulnerable and willing to change did we get well. There were many family therapy sessions over the phone with her incrediblycompetent and talented therapist Michele.The road will be bumpy as hell so hang on and trust the process and the staff. There will be mistakes but don’t quit before the miracle happens. There is a beautiful light at the end of what was a very dark tunnel!I am forever thankful to therapists Michele, Monique, Monica and the rest of the staff at Fulshear.
Fulshear saved our Daughter’s life. The program took longer than we expected but it was worth the time and the money.It was a tough journey. There is a lot of conflict between the young women; which you would expect with a population of people who are at different stages in their recovery.Fulshear not only encourages family involvement, they mandate it. There is a quarterly family session in person which is very valuable (be sure to attend the equine sessions!). There are 1-3 phone calls per week to the parents from a staff member. Your daughter is encouraged to call as well.The staff is wonderful. They loved our daughter and educated her and us on her illness. They helped our daughter through some tough things. She wanted to leave on multiple occasions but realized that this is really hard work and that these people weren’t going to give up on her.We can’t say enough good things about Fulshear.PS. It breaks my heart to know that Fulshear didn’t work out for some of the women who have posted reviews. It is a tough and long process and unfortunately, it doesn’t work out for everyone.
Sending our daughter to Fulshear was the hardest decision that we ever had to make. However, it has been one of the best decisions. She was adopted from Russia after spending 10 months in an orphanage. She suffered from Reactive Attachment Disorder resulting in years of loneliness, feeling rejected and spiraling downhill into a social media addiction and a complete false identity.Fulshear uses an adult attachment model when treating their clients. This gives them an understanding of how and why this disorder happens.Kevin, our daughter’s therapist is phenomenal and turned her life around. Kevin has done so much for our entire family. The weekly family sessions, although difficult at times, have remarkably improved our relationships.Everyone at Fulshear has become like family. From the admission counselors to the residential staff, they have all been an important part of our daughter’s journey through Fulshear.Our daughter has thanked us many times for sending her to Fulshear. It wasn’t always easy for her, but she persevered and 6 1/2 months later she has graduated from the program. She has become a confident young woman who lives to be an inspiration for others.If you are considering Fulshear, call today and ask for an admission counselor named Della. She helped us all realize that Fulshear would be the right residential program for our daughter.Thank you Fulshear for your passion to help heal families like ours!!!
Fulshear helped me change my life and become the authentic person I am underneath. I was at the ranch for 5 months and once I got to the apartments Covid happened. This didnt stop my team from being focused and diligent- keeping me on track towards my goals. I would recommend this program all the way. It does require some frustration to get through, although that frustration is minimal compared to the rest of your life you have to live!!!
Fulshear was the first place I was treated as capable. I was surrounded by staff who were invested in my progress and truly cared about me. Throughout my journey I was respected, heard, loved, and valued as an individual. For the first time in my life I was not afraid to be myself. I did not just learn skills to cope I was taught to go beyond that and treat the root problem and heal through the trauma of life. At Fulshear I wasnt saved like I was at other treatment centers I was empowered and I grew into a confident, influential young women who still struggles but is not afraid to keep going. Help you, your family, and your daughter by taking advantage of all Fulshear has to offer it is hard work but it is the best thing my family has ever done for me.
I am the parent of a girl who completed the Fulshear program and graduated last month(May 2015), We sent our daughter to Fulshear because we felt that the program would help her make the difficult transition to adulthood. Our daughter had expressed that life is hard and we wanted to help her to get into a position where she could have more positive life experiences. It currently appears that the decision to send our daughter to Fulshear is one of the best decisions that we have made in our lives. Her attitude towards life and the people in her life has changed dramatically. She no longer lives with constant anger and anxiety. She has distanced herself from some of the negative influences in her life and she has learned how to deal with her negative emotions. She appears ready to lead a happy, productive life. Only time will tell if she will totally succeed in life, but I am confidant that Fulshear has done everything possible to help our daughter have a great chance for success.When we first visited the Fulshear Ranch facility. we were very impressed with the quality of the staff members that we met. They seemed to understand my daughter and her challenges. They also did an outstanding job of relating to her on this visit, especially the Clinical Director. He was the first therapist that seemed to understand her. Neither my daughter nor I placed a high value on therapy prior to Fulshear. This has now changed for me. Both my daughters individual therapy and the family therapy we participated in with Fulshear were excellent and invaluable. This therapy has made a significant impact on all of our lives and we are thankful for our daughters therapist.Fulshear hosts a family program every three months at the ranch in Needville. During these events, parents get the chance to have extensive interaction with the staff. We attended three of these programs and found all of the staff members to be caring and professional. In addition, they are genuinely nice people. They have a challenging, difficult job to do helping young ladies, some of which really dont want their help, but they meet the challenge and appear to help them all. The individual who works with the girls on recovery from addictions seems especially effective. He does numerous presentations at the family programs and I have great confidence in him. The family programs will also give you the chance to interact with other parents. This will help you with the perspective that you are not the only parents dealing with challenges.In summary, I believe that sending our daughter to Fulshear Treatment to Transition was the right thing to do. Unlike many of the other clients at Fulshear, our daughter had not attended other residential treatments programs. We feel that we are fortunate to have picked a program that has a positive, lasting impact on her life.
My daughter worked the Fulshear program for 15 months. When she first arrived, she was at a very low point in her life and extremely vulnerable and scared. I thought I had lost my daughter and had come to accept the idea that I may never have a healthy relationship with her. I was grieving...Today, my daughter is confident, trusts her instincts and can communicate clearly with others. I see happiness and joy in her and it is genuine. I never would have thought this was possible 15 months ago. She is transformed into the best version of herself and our whole family is better for it. Her transition plan included acceptance to a University which she will begin attending in January. I am excited to see how her life unfolds and how she uses her many gifts to help others.I believe in the Fulshear program because I have seen it work first hand. It is life changing which also means it requires tremendous focus and dedication. It is also very important for the parents to participate in family sessions. My husband and I did everything we could to always be available for the sessions to help repair our family dynamic and improve our communication skills. This was key to our daughters success. Curby was our daughters therapist and I feel tremendous gratitude for her. She is a beautiful person and great at her job ... All of the staff that I got to know are exceptional at what they do and authentically cared for my daughter.I highly recommend this experience if the person attending believes in the process and fully commits to the program. I have my family back and it is all because of the Fulshear program and its staff. Thank you so much...
A little more than a year ago we were faced with transporting my daughter from True North Wilderness in VT to Fulshear in TX. Unfortunately they wouldn’t have an opening for her at the ranch until a week later. We were concerned because coming home in the interim wasn’t an option. Della at Fulshear helped us by doing some research and recommending a number of activities to keep us occupied in the Houston area. Three days later my daughter’s anxiety and depression got the best of her (and me). Unsure where to turn for support I called Della who immediately got on the phone with my daughter. I was able to breathe again, we survived the rest of our down time and arrived at Fulshear on schedule.I didn’t realize it at the time but Della’s dedication to my daughter’s well being was characteristic of everyone my wife and I encountered while she was in the care of the Fulshear organization.Leaving our Daughter at the ranch was a tumultuous mixture of relief and sadness. Within a week regular communications with the clinical and residential staff were established. We knew who to contact if we received an unsettling or upsetting text or call from our kid.Then our 20 year old started to implode. The staff predicted the behavior and was able to see our daughter and us through the difficult first weeks. I have to confess that at first it was difficult to distinguish fact from fiction when our young adult communicated with us. The residential staff took our calls at any hour, listened carefully and always worked to satisfy our need for clarity.Clarity became our mantra as we entered into family therapy. Our therapist Duke helped us clarify our family situation, objectives, progress, pitfalls, and setbacks, as well as clarify our individual feelings and family dynamics. Slowly but surely we became a healthier and increasingly honest family.Duke employed his interest, expertise, and experience working with the complex profile of our adopted daughter. He helped her process the trauma of her first two years of life and her ensuing challenges with family, personal, and professional relationships. He taught the skills necessary to cope, predict, monitor, and adjust to life and challenged her to use them. I was particularly impressed with his direct and honest approach to everything.Our daughter met regularly with Hannah a Fulshear life-skills and transition specialist. At first we didn’t fully grasp the meaning and importance of life-skills but Hannah maintained consistent communication with us and we came to understand the nature and importance of taking a deliberate approach to building a functional young adult. Even from afar it was clear that Hannah was teaching skills that would help well beyond the year at Fulshear. She coached and taught throughout the year and as our child neared graduation Hannah was right there supporting her preparations for life beyond the program.Monica, an insightful substance abuse counselor and mentor was a positive, encouraging, and realistic support to our daughter. She facilitated structure, and self awareness that are adding up to month after month of healthier sober living.Finally, I want to mention Fulshear’s family programming. Every few months all of the families were invited to the ranch for an educational, social, and therapeutic gathering. Every moment was meaningful and useful especially the opportunity to speak directly with other families that were experiencing similar if not identical trauma. Its amazing to speak with people who “get it” instantly!To their credit the people mentioned above, the nursing staff, and the residential staff worked as a well coordinated team to the benefit of our family. Now that our child has graduated please accept our admiration and appreciation for all the expert and compassionate care youve provided.
As a graduate of Fulshear I can honestly say that this program has changed my life for the better. Im able to regulate my emotions with ease, have healthy relationships with my friends family and even romantic partners. The staff here always made sure I was safe and treated me with respect. Im grateful especially to my treatment team for working so closely with me.
Fulshear Treatment To Transition is like my second home. I was a client at Fulshear from December 28th 2017 until March 9th 2018. Fulshear was where I went from an angry, scared, and sad girl to a strong, powerful, and confident woman. Fulshear to me is very different from other programs because every single person who works there wants to be there and loves what they do. Fulshear helped me become more vulnerable with myself and helped me to take off all of my masks I would put on every day. I am so grateful to have gone to Fulshear because I know if I didn’t go I wouldn’t be here today.
I personally worked the program for over a year. I came into the program at a very low point in my life. I had no sense of identity, my family wasnt even on speaking terms, I self destructed in every relationship I came across, always played the victim... the list goes on. My therapist, Curby, helped me see the role I played in what was going on in my life. She taught me how to shift my role, therefore taking the power back in my life. Curby was the most influential person for me at Fulshear and helped me turn into the powerful, self-aware person I am today.The entire Fulshear staff is exceptional. They are all genuine, kind people who are in the field because they care to help. I can not say this enough-The program is what you make of it! Seeing some reviews on here make me sad because it doesnt do the program justice. The staff will challenge every unhealthy pattern you have and encourage you to engage in a new, healthier way. However, it is up to the individual whether they choose to do it or not. Some girl are not ready to make these big changes. I was one of the girls who was ready. I am very grateful to Fulshear for showing me the way.
Fulshear provides genuine love and care for young women in treatment. It allows for progression of movement from the Ranch to Transition as a client demonstrates readiness. The leadership team of Fulshear is dedicated, caring and truly committed to supporting the young women they serve.
With Paris Hiltons #breakingcodesilence campaign, I feel the need to speak up. I assume that most of the positive reviews were coerced by Fulshear staff because I have a hard time believing that so many people have positive things to say about Fulshear. I actually know a lot of the people who wrote reviews and I know that this is not what they thought of their experience at Fulshear.Fulshear has been abusing and neglecting patients with mental health who have been placed in their care. Students are threatened not to talk, including removing phone privileges and contact with the outside world, in order to prevent them from speaking out. All staff are legally mandated reporters, yet the incidents are majorly underreported. Most incidents are shoved under the rug as attention seeking or behavioral issues. Students who attempted to leave campus to call the cops lost phone privileges. Fulshear should be a haven first and a business second. They have refrained from responding to reports of abuse in order to save face, completely neglecting the needs of those they claim to help. Please hold Fulsehar liable for their actions and protect the girls there currently. Give them a voice!Edit: @fulshear I just read your response. Id love to speak more about what happened (especially se*ual abuse that went on there). Who can I speak to at Fulshear?
Our daughter completed the Fulshear program three months ago. She was in the program for seventeen months. It was THE ABSOLUTE BEST GIFT we could have given her! There were loads of difficult times for her AND her family, but with the Fulshear teams patience, love and support, ALL of us got through them. While stabilizing at the ranch, our daughter continued her college studies, and when in apartment living, she added a part time job to an already busy day. Currently, she lives independently, goes to college, and has two part time jobs. We are VERY PROUD of her hard work and accomplishments, but most importantly, she is too! We were fortunate to find such a knowledgable and dedicated group of people who understood and could help our daughter and family.
Fulshear Ranch Academy is an experience youll never forget. I had a therapist who helped in ways I thought no one could. I must say every therapist at Fulshear is amazing. They are highly qualified. The girls are very sweet, down to earth, and insightful and they want to see you grow. The staff are the sweetest people youll ever meet and they genuinely care. If you are in need of help whether its for an addiction or you are depressed or maybe you struggle with isolation.. This is the place to go. I understand its hard. No one wants to be away from their family but its worth every moment youre there. It helps you to become more independent and more confident. When I first got there I had no self esteem and by the time I left I was beaming. They helped me realize there is a reason to live. If you are reading this I wish you the best of luck and I hope you choose Fulshear. Also please dont listen to negative reviews. My parents chose to ignore them and for it I am in a better place in my life.Emily Hansen
Fulshear provides a remarkably safe and nurturing environment for young women struggling with attachments issues and a steady internal sense of self. They are the Number One program in the country offering this level of skill and support for these young women.
I have worked here in various capacities: PRN, Mentor, Group Leader, LifeSkills, Intern for Masters Program for Psychotherapy, and other roles. Fulshear is a professional organization where young women have a chance to work therapeutically with therapists, residential supervisors, and other staff within the milieu: who really care. Young women do get better here! The program is successful because it addresses the whole person and focuses on transitions. The transitions allow room for failure to occur in a safe environment, which ultimately helps position young women for successful living as they grown and mature physically, spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically.
The majority of the staff here are Mormon, which I think should be advertised. Don’t go here unless you have your Book of Mormon with you. This place was a prison for me. I was sent here by a treatment facility I had just graduated from. All the progress I made there was reversed after 9 months here. I tried to kill myself on a home visit just so I wouldn’t have to go back. These therapists believe in working from the outside in instead of the inside out. They told me if I didn’t break up with my boyfriend I couldn’t move on to the apartments. The more honest I was the more I was punished so I learned to be sneaky. I recently reread my journal from my stay here and my regression is quite clear from entry to entry. Now, I am doing better than I’ve ever been, with no help from Fulshear. I am doing much better than the far majority of girls I went here with and I didn’t even graduate. I knew girls that didn’t start cutting until they got here. I tried out bulimia for a month here because everyone else was doing it. As for the mentors, I think they hire just about anyone. One showed us videos of her twerking in her underwear. Another actively started drama and verbal fights with one of the clients, and later was found saying the n word on social media. The apartments have roaches. No one tries to get to the root of the problem, they just tell you what they think you should do, and punish you if you don’t do what they say. And while I’m here, for the love of your twisted Mormon god please stop sending me alumni invitations. Although, I thoroughly enjoyed the accidental email they sent out on May 21, 2019 containing personal information of all past clients. Classy establishment.
Its been a little over a year since I left Fulshear, and a lot has changed since then. In fact so much to get me to a place where I am able to write this very letter in sitting Sugar Land Texas visitng from my home in southern california. You may be asking why did I chose to come visit Texas again? Well, that answer is simple in Feburary of 2013 I found Fulshear, and the staff and therapists changed my life forever. Im not going to lie it wasnt all easy, and it wasnt all fun, and a lot of days I wanted to give up; but I stuck it it through, and my amazing therapist who never gave up on me always told me Keep Moving Forward. So since leaving Fulshear I have had a few bumps in the road, but i picked myself back up and and walked on. I obtained my drivers license, and I have my own car. I started a part-time house cleaning business over the summer. I completed my first semester of college at Azusa Pacific University, part-time. And I mangae to make it to all my weekly therapy and monthy psychiatry appointments.I obtained SSI (Disability). And now I pay for all my own bills. I have never been this independent before, and I owe it all to Fulshear. I have personally been to several other treatment facilities out of state, and Fulshear is my number one hands down. There is no better place anywhere. And the staff and therapists are the best i have ever seen. I have never felt important and more cared about. Thank you for all you have done for me. You have truely shown me a new me.
I was lucky enough to have a therapist at Fulshear who was helpful (Jeff), but i think the entirety of the program was otherwise detrimental to my well-being. I was attacked multiple times by other residents, and the program was often understaffed. I was also made fun of by some staff for my religious beliefs. At one point, l was told that i needed to learn how to shower, so they were going to have me shower in front of a staff member so she could show me how to do it. I refused, and was told that I had to do it to move forward in the program.I was also witness to situations where the cook would refuse students dietary needs & restrictions, including some girls being denied kosher foods, and being told they were picky when they refused to eat non-kosher foods.There are a lot of problems with Fulshear, many of which have also been addressed by people reviewing it on Yelp and Google. I wouldnt call it the worst place you could possibly send your child, but please, please, please consider any alternatives.
I dont even know where to begin. I was in this program for a little bit over 10 months and in the beginning I wasnt the most positive person there. I pushed away people who wanted to connect, I wouldnt talk to my therapist and the only person I would talk to is my recovery counselor. As time went on, I learned my core issue and core meaning which really helped me develop who I really am as a person. The staff really showed me what genuine connection is suppose to look like and my whole treatment team was fantastic. I highly suggest this program if you really want to learn the deeper meaning of yourself and learn to love the life you were given!!
I have been a client here for 6 months. Here’s my honest review:The groups are not taken very seriously. There’s a high tolerance for crosstalk. The staff members leading the groups are often unprepared. It’s about 30 minutes of screwing around with silly checkin questions (What animal would you want to be and why? Etc.) and 30 minutes of hit or miss instruction, depending on the staff member.The therapists and transition specialists themselves are pretty good. They’re professional and trustworthy and efficient. Some of the residential staff, however, tend to be incompetent and hard to deal with sometimes. It’s really difficult to coordinate things because they’re obsessed with keeping track of you. It genuinely feels like being 14 all over again, with parents texting you asking you where you are and when you’ll be home and telling you where and with whom you are allowed to be.The first portion of treatment is at the “ranch,” where you have no internet access, and get only 30 minutes of phone time, or email time, alternating daily. You are expected to clean up after the horses in order to earn the phone/email time. Therapy and life skills groups 9-5 M-F. You can only eat the food they make at the times they make it. No snacks other than whatever fruit they might have on the counter even if you’re starving. (Basically, the ranch is pretty awful.) Once you have progressed enough in their eyes (which could be anywhere from 2 months to 6 months; less than 3 is uncommon), you move into one of their apartments with 1-3 other clients. If you slip up (e.g. drink if you’re supposed to be sober) or break their rules (e.g. hang out with a friend outside the program without their permission) they will send you back to the ranch. People avoid doing unhealthy things that would take them a step back in their treatment out of fear of being sent back, rather than out of motivation to get better. I strongly disagree with this practice but it’s an integral part of the program. You’re constantly living in fear that you’ll be sent back to the ranch at a moment’s notice.The apartments are dirty and beat up. I have lived in two of them, and both times I have had to pick up and take out garbage BAGS of junk that other clients just left in the apartment when they moved out. There is so much junk just sitting in the apartments.You don’t get access to your phone and laptop when you first get to the apartments. You have to earn it (usually takes 2+ weeks), and once you do earn it, you only get to keep them from 12pm-8:30pm. Then they make you turn it in. Again, back to feeling like you’re 14.I’ve made some good progress in individual therapy. My therapist is great. I’m also grateful for my transition specialist. But the residential portion of the program needs a lot of work in my opinion.Fulshear likes to control you. Maybe some people need this for their treatment, but for me, it was only frustrating and honestly, hindering. The therapy is pretty effective.
This place is all false advertisement. Fulshear is a negative, place thats harmful to the people who are there- staff and students (if you can even call them that). The staff of the place has the mentality that the girls are prisoners and the whole place is basically the Stanford Prison Experiment happening in 2013. Of the staff that was there for the 3 months I endured there: the only ones who were sane or educated and reasonable all quit and left in the short 3 months I was there. Also there is major abuse of privileges by those who are in power there. Things that are supposed to be used by the ranch like the Fulshear truck, are used as personal vehicles (i.e. taken overnight) by the head woman. Thats another thing- its pretty expensive, and all of they money parents spend, I can promise you, will not be spent on services rendered, like therapy, but rather on pay raises for the woman -Tracy- if shes still there, for a bigger truck, etc.Also the whole equine/horse aspect is just a gimmick to make it seem at all helpful, wholesome, or therapeutic, all of which it is not. The whole time I was there I was allowed to get on a horse maybe twice. You mostly spend time cleaning up their poop- and believe me that was the best part of each day.There is a very toxic dangerous environment there where the staff manipulates the girls against one another to gain power and control. Also the whole time I was there I received very little therapy. My original therapist was great- but she quit abruptly, and I think it was because she had a problem with the amoral abuses suffered by the girls and the lower staff there.Also they are anti-education there, despite what they may claim. They made it difficult for me to finish my high school diploma there, and they only allowed my to take the SAT because my parents forced them to. I was given no opportunity to study, and had to hide my SAT book and study in a closet.Save yourself a lot of heartache, and a lot of money and dont waste your time here.Signed,A friend
Fulshear was very helpful to me and myfamily. I enjoyed the majority of my time there. The staff weren’t as helpful at times as I needed but mytherapist was a rockstar and my recovery counselors saved my life!
What incredibly hard work young women have to do in order to become healthy and live the life that they want to live!Im grateful for the dedicated team of people that support both the young woman and the families on their road to heal. Fulshear is a place of healing and growth.
I just wanted to write a little blurb about my experience at Fulshear.I was sick, for a lot of reasons. I had lots of symptoms of lots of different diseases. I had sought treatment for many years, in all different settings, in all different types of places. I couldnt figure out what was better about Fulshear than any of those other places, but then I said this to someone:I think this article does a good job of explaining that the symptom of anorexia/bulimia/binge eating is just that. A symptom. With underlying causes and reasons. I believe the mental health system as a whole is flawed in believing treating symptoms will cure the disease(s). Treating the whole person, and getting to the reason behind the symptoms, the core issue, is the only way to dismantle all symptoms. I believe it is the only way to create a whole person again.I was talking about one of the hundreds of articles regarding eating disorders, but this was the difference.Fulshear treated me. As a whole person. Haley. Not my symptoms or my defensive persona.ME.Im not perfect, and Fulshear wasnt this revelation where I rose from the ashes of my pain. But they helped put me on a path to finding myself, and to discover that path didnt matter...all that mattered??ME.They loved me, and thus reminded me how to love myself.It will be uncomfortable and scary. Itll be exhilarating and heartbreaking. Youll learn crap about yourself you wish wasnt truth! But if you take what you learn and take accountability for yourself, you can feel better.But first you gotta let strangers help you.-Haley
I owe my life, and my future, to Fulshear Treatment to Transition (and to myself). I was broken and at rock bottom when I went to Fulshear and I expected them to “fix me” and “give me the right meds” and “give me answers/solutions.” If that is what you are expecting, you can forget it... you will gain so much more. The program is excellent, individualized, and one of a kind. I was able to work with a wonderful team of professionals who I felt like were always in my corner, even when I felt enraged with them. They supported me, challenged me, and encouraged me to evaluate myself and empower myself. They didn’t do things FOR me, instead they guided me in finding MY OWN tools to build MY OWN foundation and I have since then continued building to create a life I’m proud of and capable of continuing. I’ve struggled and I have succeeded. I’ve also seen others struggle and others succeed. This program is truly the tool you need to take back your life and to live it through the bad times and the good times. It will work if you are willing to work. I will also say it will not work if you are not willing to work. That is true of anything in life though. If you are in a rock-bottom or low position in life yourself, or if you are a friend or parent of a person in a rock-bottom or low position in life, I 100% recommend you seek this program out to help you or your loved one take back their life. You will see a motivated, but incapable, 1.9 accumulative GPA college drop-out student transform into a 4.0 GPA involved, highly capable student. You will see an individual who desperately wants to throw away life transform into an inspiring life themself. I could go on and on, but my review will end by emphasizing that this program’s motto is Healthy, Strong, and Influential for a reason. Those are not empty words or traits, Fulshear means what they say. So please take a leap of faith, like I did, and put your, or your loved one’s, future in this exemplary program’s hands.
This is a good program, but when looking for a treatment facility, its sort of like looking for an apartment. Difficult to find the right one for the right price. This program was a great fit for me, therapeutic wise and emotionally a secure place. As far as for someone who is looking for a therapeutic residential program, I would definitely say that this is a go to for me. I would like to say thank you to all the wonderful people, staff, therapists, horses, Oliver and Dorothy and Dog, for helping me get through the hardest year of my life.
Was eating at an Applebees and saw a Fulshear staff stand by smiling Right next to our table while one of the clients berated the other girl until she was in tears. She started smiling like she enjoyed the girls torment. It was truly uncalled for, we felt so bad and it raises serious questions about management there. I caught the staff members name who allowed that horrendous emotional incident happen: STAY AWAY FROM MARCY
Take the actual time to discipline and care for your child. Odds are they will grow out of whatever makes you want them to go here. Its a sham. If your child is troubled, DONT send them to a group home of other troubled children. As a former trouble maker, I can promise you that they will just get in more trouble. I did. I raised hell at Fulshear. That was 5 years ago. Now I have my life together, and FRA had nothing to do with it.They take your money and make your kids more screwed up than they were before. Then when your kid is older, they will always have a secret disdain for the amount of time they were forced to spend at this horrible place.
I have enjoyed getting to know the Fulshear team, and know they provide treatment solely on their passion for treating mental health. I would highly recommend.
Fulshear provides healing and hope for young women and their families.
Great experience! I learned and grew so much there! Thank you Fulshear! ♥️
This place saved my granddaughters life! They are fabulous!!!! Cant say enough great things about the staff and the program!!!
Excellent staff. They truly care about their clients and work around the clock to help their clients.
A wonderful treatment program with caring, warm employees and leaders
Possibly the most harmful place I have ever been.
Total reviews rating 4.1
49 Reviews for Fulshear Treatment to Transition 2023:
Review №1
2022-03-30Fulshear is a wonderful place. If you put the work in yourself, the staff can definitely help you grow. I had a wonderful experience with everyone who worked at Fulshear, as well as with all of my peers. I graduated in 2016, met some of my best friends along the way, and MOST importantly found myself again. The journey is definitely not an easy one, but I highly recommend going to Fulshear with an open mind and taking all of the advice and help you can get. Fulshear also really showed me what I want to do in life, which is help others.
Review №2
2022-03-22My daughter was at Fulshear and graduated from the program. She was so angry and lost when she entered. Fulshear worked with the whole family and we have our sweet daughter back. She is thriving in college and in her own apartment. Everyone on the staff is compassionate and has a heart for the girls. I feel like it saved our daughter
Review №3
2022-06-24I discharged from Fulshear a little over a month ago after 14 months at the program. I would definitely recommend Fulshear, if you are willing to put in the work. My therapist was Molly Freemantle, who is absolutely amazing and helped me work through my trauma and self loathing so much. She is definitely one of, if not the, best therapist I have ever seen, and I miss her dearly. I have grown so much since before starting Fulshear. I will say, it is not a program for everyone, but it is worth a try if you have previously been in treatment and are determined to recover, especially if you are at a place where you are able to keep yourself safe (from self harm, suicidal thoughts, eating disorder, etc.). The staff on the ranch are, for the most part, very caring and helpful. The horses are all lovely, and are there for you at just about any time of day. They helped me out a lot, as did Lina, one of the equine specialists. I personally did struggle a lot at the apartments and never felt safe there. I wish there could be more of a community structure (eating meals together, apartments closer together). I learned a lot at Fulshear and am grateful I went there.
Review №4
2022-01-07(Former client)I witnessed staff refusing to give a client their medications because they arrived only a few minutes past the scheduled time to receive them and some other instances of verbal/emotional abuse from those who worked there. I had been invalidated and disrespected by a number of the staff and a few clients. Im still trying to deal with the emotional trauma that I endured there. Shortly before I left, I was trying to advocate for myself to even be believed by my therapist and other staff that I had obtained a part time job while living at their transitional apartments. Multiple staff members refused to give me my cell phone and I had to beg and plead for them to give it to me to speak to the manager that was trying to get into contact with me and to provide proof of employment to the program. When they eventually gave my phone to me after 3 days I found out the job had rescinded their offer. After this experience I was speaking to my mom and another client that I had gotten to know there about what had happened, wanting to talk to those I could trust and wouldnt accuse me of lying or invalidate/dismiss my problems. Several days later, the director of the program not only told me to leave, but told my parents that I was abusive and constantly lying. And ever so conveniently my primary therapist had the day off the day that I was asked to leave, and I found out about all of this information with just under two hours to say my goodbyes and pack my things.This is my own personal experience told from my perspective.***It is possible to succeed at this program and graduate saw others do so but they did not have the same combination of therapists, transition specialists, etc. on their treatment teams as I did***
Review №5
2020-07-16Fulshear was the program that finally worked for me after years of therapy. Its a long, difficult journey but well worth it if you stick with it. My team supported me all the way through and beyond. I really appreciate the warm atmosphere created by the staff at the apartments and the attachment model used at Fulshear. Going to Fulshear was probably the most important decision of my life and Im very glad I made the choice to go and stay.
Review №6
2020-07-14Fulshear was one of the most Fulfilling experiences that I’ve had. My therapist my transition specialist and everybody else that help me through my journey there have really saved my life and helped me become the person that I am today. I really don’t think that I would be alive without Fulshear. I have now been clean for two years, work two jobs and have very stable relationships. If you’re looking for a place that is going to help better yourself this is definitely the place for you!!! Love them so so much! Just a little before during and after pics for you :)
Review №7
2020-07-14This program truly changed my life. From the very beginning the administration, staff, and therapy teams were helpful, considerate and supportive. They are all very knowledgeable and well trained in their respective fields. The program was set up to allow me to both heal and grow on in independence and normal adult life. I never felt stranded or as if i was drowning. Even after leaving Fulshear, i was well supported and continue to be through a growing alumni network. I would recommend this program to any young adult woman who wants to change her life and give herself a future. It is so worth it!
Review №8
2019-06-01Fulshear Treatment to Transition Center is a program I would highly recommend to families looking for help with their young adult daughter and have lost all hope regarding their future.This was the situation our family found ourselves in 9 months ago and struggled to know how to help. It was our desire to place her in a program that really understood her difficulties. Immediately, after visiting the program, I felt that Fulshear had the experience and professional staff to successfully work with our child.I would encourage any family contemplating a inpatient treatment to make an inquiry into this program. As we discovered during our daughter’s treatment, a path to a healthy outlook really begins with a greater understanding and commitment to the process of recovery. Fulshear provided the education and life skills needed to help our daughter have a healthy mind set.The transition part of the program was the key to her success and I am so thankful this program makes this a part of the treatment process. The treatment team staff and therapist work together to create a transition plan that I believe was so essential in her successful graduation of the program.The cost for treatment is expensive, but in our families circumstance worth it for the professional services and care provided.Fulshear was a superb program and we are very grateful for its commitment and managed approach to help our daughter.
Review №9
2020-02-28We highly recommend Fulshear because, simply put, they saved our daughter’s life.Around adolescence our child became very troubled. Unable to talk about her issues, despite therapy, and attending numerous programs, things only got worse. She engaged in increasingly dangerous maladaptive behaviors. Several suicide attempts, hospitalizations and section 12s later we were all at the end of our emotional ropes. She had no hope and did not want to live.We tried to enroll her in a world renowned mental health facility in the Boston area. We were heart fallen when they told us at the intake meeting that she was too chronic for them to help her. Taking her home would have resulted in disaster. They finally accepted her with the expectation that they would keep her safe until we found a more appropriate facility for her. They recommended Fulshear, 2,000 miles from our home. With reservations we took her there.The transition was very difficult and months went by with little progress. Yet, and this is key, Fulshear never gave up on her. They did not rush her through the program and let her progress at a rate she was comfortable with. Their expectations were clear and consistent. They helped her figure out, and deal with, her underlying issues. They set goals and she became a Barn Manager and slowly started to gain traction. For the first time she began participating in family therapy. She began to share her thoughts and to set goals to achieve milestones. She began to address her core issue and gradually embrace her core meaning. She graduated like a rock star. We could not believe the progress she made what an inspiration she was for the other clients and for the staff. She got a job, an apartment, a car and enrolled in school part time, all on her own. We can now talk to her in a way we never thought possible two years ago.Among other challenges we were skeptical about the equine component of the program. However, we saw its merits when we notice the client’s connect with the horses as they drew emotional parallels between their respective histories. And we saw the client’s confidence build as they worked with these 1500 pounds animals.Further, Fulshear offers Family Programming four times per year. Here the parents get to chose from a number of very helpful sessions to attend that help explain how the program will hopefully help their child. It is a big commitment of time on everyone’s part, yet is so worth it.Is Fulshear perfect?: No. As some of the reviews from former clients show unfortunately it doesn’t help everyone. And like anywhere else, some staff members are better than others. There were things that my daughter didn’t like and things we had concerns about. However, taken as a whole, they have a comprehensive program, set clear expectations, and offer challenging and achievable milestones. Lastly, and we can’t express this enough, they have an extremely dedicated and knowledgeable staff. The best program in the world will not work without a great team. Fulshear has a great team.
Review №10
2020-09-13My daughter spent about 10 months at Fulshear, and this program was so helpful. The portion of treatment on the ranch was a great kick start. The portion in the apartments was the longer portion, and my daughter worked on skills to become independent, manage money and effectively live with others. In addition, she graduated from high school and got a job. She was able to effectively interact with others and break through barriers that kept her from leaving the house and kept her from attending classes. It has been almost a year, and she has still had some difficulties, but she has support from friends she made in the program as well as knowledge she did not previously have, so she is better able to work through situations that come up. I highly recommend the aftercare portion as well because that has been vital to her support outside of the residential treatment program.