ABOUT HOPE HOUSE
Located in Anaheim, Calif., Hope House provides residential addiction treatment services to adult residents of Orange County. Clients with co-occurring disorders are admitted on a case-by-case basis. The facility accepts self-referred individuals, as well as court-ordered clients and those on probation and parole. Detox services are not available on-site, and clients must be sober for at least 24 hours prior to admission.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
All clients are pre-screened prior to admission to ensure that Hope House is the appropriate treatment option. The 90-day program is designed to address the behaviors and emotions behind addiction and teach clients how to control their impulses and addictive behaviors.
Treatment is highly structured and divided into three phases. Clients participate in one-on-one counseling once a week and small group therapy twice a week, along with 10 hours of weekly addiction education. Education groups include Seeking Safety, anger management, relapse prevention, and life skills workshops. Clients also participate in 12-step study groups and attend regular Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings, which are held on-site.
Outpatient services are available to clients who have successfully graduated from Hope House’s residential program.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
According to the facility’s website, the treatment team has a combined total of more than 100 years of experience working in addiction. The one alum surveyed by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave Hope House three out of five stars for its staff’s level of training and experience.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Hope House can accommodate up to 56 clients at a time. During the first 30 days of treatment, residents are not allowed outside contact with friends or family, with the exception of children under 17. After a month, clients begin to receive visitation privileges.
The one former client polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave Hope House two out of five stars for its accommodations and amenities.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
The one alum surveyed by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave Hope House a mixed review. They awarded the facility high ratings of five out of five stars for its treatment effectiveness, its meals and nutrition, and its counseling options, and mediocre ratings of three stars for its cleanliness and its treatment of co-occurring disorders. Low ratings of one and two stars were given to the facility for its exercise and leisure activities, its holistic offerings, its family participation, and its 12-step programming.
Reviews found on third-party sites were mixed. On Google, Hope House received an average rating of 3.1 out of five stars based on 12 reviews. The eight former clients who responded were split in terms of feedback, either loving or hating the facility’s tough-love approach, which reportedly included mandated time sitting on a backless bench as punishment for bad behavior. In a review representative of positive feedback, Mikey wrote: “I really loved the time here and the counseling and one one time really helped me on learning the tools to stay sober !!” Elisha, on the other hand, complained about the facility’s methods and wrote: “Didn’t learn much, did NOT help me at all, and left me with bad memories that took me a while to get over.”
Similar sentiments were expressed on Yelp – of the six alumni who reviewed the facility, four gave four or five-star reviews while two gave one-star reviews. “The whole 70 hour bench ride is blown out of portion…This is what Hope House is about, STRUCTURE! It gives you tools to stay sober and teaches you common sense,” wrote Abraham in a review representative of positive feedback.
The two reviewers on CiteHealth gave Hope House five-star reviews and praised the facility’s behavior modification approach.
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
While Best-rehabs.com has not yet received reviews from this facility’s affiliated friends or family members, loved ones who weighed in on third-party sites gave Hope House mixed feedback. On Google, Suzi described the rehab’s strict methods as “Cruel and Unusual Punishment!” and noted: “I am appalled at the treatment you showered upon my son….These individuals are placed in your care. You have a DUTY to treat these individuals with: RESPECT,while they are in your care.” But on Yelp, Elmo wrote: “I have a family member that came through here and I know it wasn’t easy for him but we’ve seen a complete 180 in his behavior. Not an easy program, very structured but very beneficial.”
FINANCING
According to the facility’s website, insurance is not accepted. Fees are offered on a sliding scale – Hope House requires that all working clients pay half of their monthly income. The one alum surveyed by Best-rehabs.com to date gave Hope House four out of five stars for its affordability.