was a patient at Rosewood during the summer of 2012 and found the experience to be quite challenging, but absolutely worth it. Their comprehensive approach to treatment is highly effective, as they do encourage emotional as well as spiritual growth, which I think sets them apart from other treatment centers. The staff is extremely compassionate, supportive, and helpful, with a myriad of experience in their respective fields. This program changed my life both while I was in it and long after my discharge. One thing that has really stuck with me is the establishment of healthy boundaries in a relationship. I really like that they focus not only on the individual who suffers, but also how the individual relates with others & what role these relationships play in his or her recovery. The only bummer about Rosewood is its location because Wickenburg is in the middle of nowhere. But that aside, I would highly recommend this program to those seeking treatment for an eating disorder for themselves or a loved one.

Rosewood Ranch Center saved my life. I was there November of 2006 til February 2007 at the Ranch and PHP (Capri). I had no idea going there why I had been using ED to cope or how to stop, but the treatment team there was so supportive and insightful. My main therapist at the Ranch pushed me to recognize myself for who I am, to know that I am enough. To know that recovery is a choice and is possible. I have never been the same since. I have been in recovery for 6.5 years now and gone back to speak twice as an alumni. They truly helped me in so many ways. The staff there is amazing;they are helpful and easy to deal with. The environment was great as well. It was peaceful there and I enjoyed all the different forms of therapy offered. They also made any financial obligation clear along the way. I have nothing but good things to say about Rosewood!

Rosewood changed my life. I have struggled with Binge Eating Disorder for 18 years and for 17 of them I had no idea I was sick. I was raised in a household with no stability, my mother married and divorced 4 times before I was old enough to move out. My mother also has an eating disorder (over exercising obsession with her body and weight and dieting) and she is very comfortable with her lifestyle. Her obsession with her weight, led her to freak out when I started gaining weight at the age of 3, I remember binging as early as 6 and hating my body as early as 8. She became obsessed with my body, I was put to shame every time I stepped on the scale and didn’t lose weight, I thought and was told I could never be loved as a fat girl..Is just not acceptable. All of these years, I had been binging uncontrollably, and I had no idea what I was doing or why. When I found Rosewood they gave me answers, not only was I not crazy, I wasn’t alone!!! The treatment team and the other patients showed me i could be accepted as i am. just because i was bigger doesn’t make me any less worthy. I am loved just for the mere fact that I am human. They opened my eyes and accepted me for who I am, I’d never felt that before. Even though most of the other girls were on the other side of the ED coin they accepted me too, they related to me and never EVER judged me. Although Binge Eating Disorder (B.E.D.) is the lesser recognized eating disorder, it effects more people than Anorexia and Bulimia combined!! So many people are suffering and have no idea! Just because you don’t purge or over exercise or starve yourself for days doesn’t mean you don’t have an illness, it’s real and if you are struggling you deserve to get better, and I know from personal experience that Rosewood can help!! They saved my sanity!!

I went to Rosewood Ranch in 2007 and 2011. I was anorexic. I say was because Ive now been in recovery almost two years. The one thing I missed my first round was God. I cant do anythng without God. With him all things all possible. Today Im getting married, Im sober, I still see my diatician and a therapist. When life gets hard I dont act out I feel through the process even when it hurts the most. Ive realized now feelings do end. I go to Codapendancy anonymous every week, Ive worked all 12 steps. I highly recommend them. Today I live life for the next day instead of waiting for it to end. I cant wait to have a family and I know for a fact my children will never meet ED at least through me. Rosewood has great aftercare even if its not groups or out patient. I use the alumni page as 24 hr support if I need it. I highly recommend Rosewood and if you’d like to talke with me more about treatment I’d be happy to be of support.

I was 17 when I went to rosewood, and the time that I spent there helped me in ways I honestly wasn’t expecting . I learned tools that will help me for the rest of my life and I am so thankful for that. rosewood saved my life and pushed me in the right direction. The nurses there are amazing , there so nice and comforting they made me feel at home. The councilor’s , psychiatrist and nutritional director are nothing short of excellent! Our daily schedule kept me busy with all sorts of fun and education activities that helped me learn tools to overcome ED and keep healthy. Meal planning, eda meetings, and my favorite activity was the Indian healing circle not to mention swimming, rope coarse, and jack there therapeutic horse, I feel in love with him! hope this helps some one

Rosewood has an amazing staff that really cares about their patients. They form a connection with the patient that gives support and nurturing care to help overcome the violent voice of “Ed.” The doctors are very knowledgeable and show patience when it comes to working within the limits of each patient. When I was sent to Rosewood I was in extremely bad shape and now I am going on 3 years free from adiction and with healthy eating habits. I was not just an eating disorder victim, I had other addictions and medical problems as well, and the doctors were able to support my needs and help me through a very long withdrawl period in which they took extreme caution tapering me off the medication. Now I can go out with my friends, go out to dinner, have a drink and have fun as well as live a happy and freeing life. Doctors here, in Palm Springs where I live, did not give me the optimism, nor practice the optimism themselves, that I would recover.Rosewood never gave up on me. It was a long process but 3 months out of my life is really nothing compared to the long life I can live now.