Sandstone Care Teen Center at Cascade Canyon

We were very impressed with Sandstone. The staff is excellent and very communicative about everything going on. Our son became very attached to his therapist and has made great progress since he has returned home. For the first time in years I feel we have turned a corner. I recommend Sandstone to anyone with a kid suffered from addiction.

My daughter was there for 2 months and then spent 6 weeks in an iop program 5 days a week in our home state. She now sees her psychiatrist every few months online and a therapist every other week. We just started an na meeting on the week that she doesn't see the therapist. She has now been sober for the 5 months now since her release. We test every week just to show that we are holding her accountable and building back trust. I am beyond grateful for Sandstone. I fully believe that my daughter would be dead by now without it.

I am sure no parent starts out imagining they'll one day be looking for this type of care for their child. We found Sandstone after many phone calls trying to navigate the system and figure out exactly where and how to get help. They happened to have a bed open and accepted our insurance - which were also obstacles. I was scared, confused, and had no idea if we were making the right choice by sending him to in-patient care. My son, however, had come to a place where he knew he needed help. I am grateful for that. The care he received at Sandstone provided a safe respite from the outside world so that he could begin to heal and recover. He was surrounded by what he has described as the most caring and understanding techs, therapists, and staff. I will never forget our drive home and how highly he spoke of the whole program but especially the people. To say he had a new lease on life was an understatement. He was treated with respect and compassion and was empowered to take ownership and responsibility. From what I have gathered, the staff was also responsible for creating an environment conducive to healthy peer relationships, some of which continue to be a support today. Our son learned coping skills for dealing with anxiety, stress, disappointment in himself and others, for dealing with the recovery process and the changes that his body and brain would go through in the coming months. He was exposed to several different therapy/recovery models and encouraged to find what worked well for him. In addition to the care he received, my partner and I also found support and care in the weekly parent sessions with Walter. We were able to process our own feelings and learn about how to best support our son. We found comfort in interacting with the other parents on the same journey. We also had weekly family therapy sessions with Pamela. I cannot say enough good things about Pamela and her expertise, strengths, and skills as a therapist. She was able to quickly and expertly help us pinpoint some key family dynamics that were not serving us well. Between sessions, she worked with our son and answered countless emails from us providing insight and encouraging us to just keep going through this difficult time. Together we learned skills that would help us begin to heal and change, but would also prepare us for our son to come back home. Our son continued with Sandstone's outpatient care for several months after leaving Cascade. He was met with the same supportive and caring staff there and continues to integrate all he's learned about himself and addiction. We also continue on our journey as parents with the benefit of increasing perspective and stability between now and when it felt like our whole world was crashing down. It is a difficult, long, and fragile journey, but we continue to move forward. The support from Sandstone in those early days has set the foundations for us to persevere through all of the ups and downs to date. Our son continues to rebuild his life and we are proud of him. We continue to seek out resources and support appropriate for where we are now as a family and as individuals. I am so grateful that we found Sandstone when we did.

I looked at these reviews when we were trying to make a decision on how to help our son. It’s SO hard to figure out which treatment option is going to be right. For us, Sandstone has far exceeded expectations. Everyone from the therapists to admission/billing staff work as a team. We have never waited more than a day for a response to any concern, and everyone is invested in and informed of the needs of our son. I wanted somewhere safe with positive and empowering protocols and programming that was research based. This has been it. At Sandstone they say they are family focused - they have absolutely lived up to that statement. We have felt included and supported and are so grateful for the care they’ve provided to our son at such a vulnerable and scary time. Would highly recommend for anyone with a teen struggling with substance abuse and mental health.

As a parent in an impossible situation, Sandstone was infinitely helpful to me. The staff were patient and kind and extremely knowledgeable. I am very happy with our outcome, which felt very far away when we checked in. I know that it won’t always go that way, but I also know the structure is there to give children in these circumstances a chance. Thank you, thank you, 🙏 💕 The things we learned have been so helpful and the opportunity to reset was invaluable.

One of a parent's worst nightmares is being in a position of needing residential care for their child. From my first inquiry through insurance verification, assessment, intake, treatment, care, medication management, insurance management, discharge and transition to IOP, the amazing people at Sandstone have held my hand and walked by my side. I've had countless phone conversations and emails with my child's therapists, nurses, psychiatrist, and academic tutor regarding concerns, progress, and support. My child was finally in a setting where she could be appropriately diagnosed and mediation managed accordingly safely under watchful guidance 24/7. We watched her regain her personality, her love of life, and her external glow over weekly family therapy zoom sessions. We were taught the same skills and techniques she was learning through weekly zoom parent groups. My daughter left Cascade with an open heart to continuing her dig through trauma and depression with a seamless transition to an IOP Sandstone facility in our home state. Although she loves being home, she misses her Cascade family, the beauty and fresh air of the mountains, and the familiarity of a consistent routine. Katelyn and Pamela not only changed the trajectory of my daughter's life, but also the direction our family was headed in as we were trying unsuccessfully to help her on our own. Dawn kept her academics up to speed while she was out of the brick and mortar of school for 7 weeks. Tom ruled out the mis-diagnosis she arrived with and eliminated the toxic meds she arrived with safely. Walter guided my husband and I as we learned how to support her at home. We are one full week post discharge and into IOP and very happy with everything Sandstone! The staff at Sandstone appear to live and breath to serve, care for and treat our adolescents and teens. They have seen it all, done it all, and worked through it all. I cannot say enough positive statements about our experience thus far.

I'd start by saying not all mental health facilities are created equal. What sets Cascade Canyon apart is how all the moving parts and complexity come together as a unified process. From intake, admissions, medical treatment, education, individual counseling, family counseling, to parent groups, support, and aftercare, all parties involved worked together as a team for our son and for our family. If you have a teenager struggling with substance addiction and mental health, what they will find at Sandstone is a 2nd chance. A support system that is designed to challenge thinking, behaviors, and encourage progress. We owe Sandstone an eternal debt of gratitude, they set our son on a course corrected path and gave him a set of practical tools that significantly increases his probability of success on the journey forward. Thankyou Sandstone family for moving our family from despair to hope. Highly, highly, recommended!

Sandstone and especially Cascade have been amazing for me. Their passion for the job and compassion for each patient is wonderful. Communication is great. The campus of Cascade is one of a kind and so thought out. It is warm and welcoming. If your child needs to go to residential I fully recommend Cascade. The staff is wonderful and I would never hesitate to reach out to them for any of my needs.