Monte Nido Clementine Briarcliff Manor

Reviews

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  Kat Sciametta

  Oct 2, 2025
  1.0
  Ants in the chips. Disrespectful to those who are trying to recover. My sister went here a while back, and when ants were found in the chips they all ran upstairs to brush their teeth, some girls were even crying. Not a great place for those trying to recover and avoid eating bugs.
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  Lynda Banfield

  Sep 1, 2025
  5.0
  I know everyone has their own experiences in everything they do, but our experience at Clementine Briarcliff Manor was wonderful from start to finish. It’s truly surprising to read some of these negative reviews because our experience was overwhelmingly positive. My daughter was here for 10 weeks and without a doubt they saved her life. Her therapist Bethany was a blessing, Rebecca, our family therapist was incredible, and Melissa, every RC, and every nurse there contributed to her feeling of safety, security, and ultimately, healing. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I was thankful I could felt confident leaving my daughter in their hands. I will always be grateful for this program and these people.
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  Brooke Zielinski

  Aug 25, 2025
  5.0
  Penny is the best rc!
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  Jane Doe

  Aug 5, 2025
  1.0
  they called acs on my family for no reason other than requesting to discharge me. the way in which my care team spoke with my mother left me with the feeling that her not being fluent in english and having a more direct manner of discussing my case influenced their sentiments towards her. it's not only this aspect of it, as i will write further on the other elements of my time there that made it feel very non-inclusive and western. clementine has absolutely zero cultural awareness and perpetuates a western and whitewashed approach in their programming and in their relations with caregivers and clients. my recommendation for the current directors of this facility is to train your therapists and rcs on cultural and social dynamics across immigrant and third+ generation households, and hire therapists who specialize in the lived experiences of people of color, queer people, and immigrant communities. all of the therapists and almost all of the staff at clementine were white. this being the case in a state as diverse as new york strikes me as immensely problematic. at least try to incorporate foods from the various immigrant communities in new york in your menu rotation; i found the foods I was eating to be completely divorced from the meals I was used to at home. it is unacceptable that your services do not hold space for the unique and underacknowledged struggles of immigrant communities who frequently have insufficient access to eating disorder care and diagnosis. please do better!
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  Léa Conlogue

  Aug 1, 2025
  5.0
  I cannot recommend this residential enough! They truly have been so insanely helpful in my recovery. However, the extent to which you benefit from treatment here is 100% on you. To preface, I've recently discharged from here for the second time (as I was here in the spring of 2024 as well) and my experience this time around was so drastically, incredibly different due to my mindset shift that I experienced throughout the time between my stays there. I was fully ready and open to treatment there, as I decided to return myself. I also really advocated for myself and the specific things I wanted to work on and how I wanted to be involved in my treatment. I'm not saying that this is going to be the reality for everyone if they do the same, as I think it very much depends on maturity and age of the client as well; however, approaching recovery willingly and openly is by far the thing that will ensure an effective stay here. I'm on the older side of clients here (17), so I know that this is difficult for parents of younger girls, but I'm being so serious when I say that forcing your child into treatment here will likely not result in the outcome you want (in the sense that relapse is more likely). Rather, I heavily encourage any parent who's reading this to approach the idea of treatment here with your child in an open and gentle manner- encouraging them to be the one to ultimately decide to go, and ideally, feel open to treatment as well. I say this while also acknowledging that everyone's situation and dynamic is dfferet, and depending on the severity of the situation, you may feel like you can't even give your child a choice; however, I heavily enourage every parent to do so, and to really encourage their child to find their OWN motivations for recovery; to want to do it for THEMSELVES rather than to just leave residential asap, please others, avoid conflict with parents,etc. I want to end this, though, by saying that I truly can't thank clem enough this time around, as my life was positively changed in many ways. My therapist was such a perfect fit, and I felt so understood and taken seriously, and my family therapist as well, was very understanding and helpful. As i'm writing this, some current RC's (recovery coaches) that are truly so amazing are : Alex, Sam, Amber, Anthony, Stefania, Jules, Britt, and Paulette! I can't thank them enough.

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