If your child is simply depressed or anxious and tends to hold her feelings in, the Mood and Anxiety Program is probably a great fit. For those kids who dont fit that profile, however, the program is a revolving door to the police and psych ward on a 51/50. My daughter had an argument with her roommate, nasty words were exchanged, and my daughter got angry. My daughter is a large girl and her anger intimidated the staff to the extent that they called the police, and she ended up in the psych ward. We made the mistake of sending her back to CFD, and she was not contrite enough for them, and they made no attempt at restorative justice with the roommate. In fact, they insisted that no one at the house had ever said an unkind word to my daughter. In my conversation with the director where she told me my daughter needed to leave, and after I agreed, she proceeded to itemize my daughters every negative trait to me. There was no purpose to kicking us while we were down, other than her offgassing her frustration and hatred for my daughter on me. We begged them to keep my daughter while we scrambled to find a new placement, but eventually the director had had enough and purposely told my daughter about our plans to send her to a long term facility which she knew would make her explode, which allowed her to call the police and wash her hands if her. This was not her news to share, as we were collaborating with our consultant on a new placement. CFD wasnt providing placement services. She clearly thought my daughter was evil and the we as the parents were at fault for her mental illness. The experience was traumatizing for our whole family, and has set my daughters recovery back. This review is in reference to the all girl facility in Brentwood, CA.

First off, I need to point out that this particular facility is girls only...I’m not sure what the situation is with the previous review, but I’m guessing they are talking about a different program.Our experience here has been outstanding, and every parent I’ve talked to with kids in ANY CFD program have had nothing but good things to say about them.My daughter‘s therapist is amazing and the family group has been extremely beneficial. The entire staff treats their clients (and the clients families) with the utmost respect and dignity. Kids are cared for in a highly structured and very nurturing environment. Communication skills are practiced daily and my daughter has made enormous progress. Yes she still has intrusive thoughts but she’s learning to manage them in much more appropriate ways.I would recommend CFD in a heartbeat to any family whose kiddo struggles with anxiety or depression.

Horrible facility. We had our 13yr old in this facility for about 3 weeks. His father and I are not together but communicate well. This facility only communicated with his father. We have joint custody. I was left completely out of the loop unless his dad passed along messages. My son was bullied by other kids there and ended up in the hospital due to it since it obviously didn’t help his suicidal thoughts. The kids were “talked to” but my son was punished by adding another month to his stay. When we finally had enough and withdrew him from the facility we were left without any medications for my son with severe psychosis for an entire weekend because they told us they wouldn’t give us the meds; said they were destroying them instead of giving them to us. Spiteful because we withdrew him without them releasing him. Thankfully, the ER doctor filled his meds until his appointment with an outpatient psychiatrist. This place doesn’t care about your child - they care only about your money! I strongly urge you to seek care elsewhere.