Columbus Behavioral Center for Children and Adolescents is a residential treatment facility specializing in mental and behavioral health. Located in Columbus, Indiana, they support young people aged 8 to 18 years, and they accept select health insurance providers.
This 57 bed facility provides mental and behavioral health care to kids and teens. Key treatment styles used here include trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Male and female clients are treated in separate units, with gender specific care offering a balance of educational sessions, fun activities, and therapy.
Homework is issued, and skills are taught to teach residents how to cope with their issues in a healthy way, without resorting to substance abuse, self harm, attempted suicide, or sabotaging their interpersonal relationships.
Clients can expect a structured daily schedule which includes school, psychoeducational groups, individual therapy, as well as art and leisure activities to help them relax and wind down. They can also provide weekly feedback on the treatment process, as well as how they’re doing on accomplishing recovery goals through a progressive system.
Residents can benefit from 24 hour staff supervision, weekly therapy and psychiatrist visits, and a tangible reward system that encourages weekly progress. The program is run by a highly trained multidisciplinary team. The school clients attend is on site for convenience and cooperation.
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Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.
Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
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Outpatient Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
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The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.
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2223 Poshard Road
Columbus, IN 47203
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My daughter tried to go here. They were not willing to accommodate her needs at all. Her therapist didn't understand her personality and was very rude to her. My daughter has a special personality and needs to be understood.
I was a resident at Columbus for 5 1/2 months and I'm gonna be completely Honest, this place is a wreck. I loved some of the staff but there are so many fights and riots it's crazy. They tell you to focus on your treatment, but don't so their job when other peers are getting in the way. SHOUTOUTS TO STAFF THAT I LOVE: CHAZ,SAVANNAH,BRANDI,BEN,DURRELL,JEREMY,PEGGY,BAYLEE,BRITTANY,JACKIE AND HER TWIN. I'm sure there's more but If you go to this place, learn that these will be your safe people. Stay away from drama in this place. IT WILL GET YOU JUMPED. shoutout again to all of my fav staff. If you guys are seeing this, thank you sm for everything you do. Good luck to anyone who goes here.
I went here when I was 12. It was my first ever residential stay. It was hell. I’m giving 2 stars because some therapists there and staff genuinely cared and helped, however that wasn’t always the case. One time I was so sick I was committing every couple minutes, and had it coming out the other end. I was still forced to leave the unit with everyone else and when I threw up I had to clean it up almost every time because the staff “wouldn’t be touching that”. They also didn’t provide adequate nutrition if you had a restriction like comepletely lactose intolerance or were a vegetarian. I saw a girl get a pizza which was literally sauce and bread and nothing else (because they couldn’t staff their kitchens properly so every other Friday we got the worst tasting pizza I’ve had to this day) and another girl on my unit whom was a vegan, had about 1/3 of her meals supplemented for like a 300 calorie snack pack of humus and pretzels. All that said, Thats mostly mismanagement from higher up. There were some bad staff, but there are some staff whom I still remember to this day whom I still smile when I think about. Who became like second parents and who made me want to recover. Overall though, there was a feeling that the place was falling apart and even the staff could feel it. Like I said, it’s been years since I was here, but I figured I should still share my experience
DO NOT SEND YOUR KID HERE.. tech named Clayton told my child that extremely bad behaviors will get them kicked out and that is exactly what they did! I do not recommend this place at all. Her therapist Caylen was the only good thing possibly the best thing about this place. Not to mention they cancel meetings or just dont bother to call the parents during said meetings with childs medical Team. Clayton should definitely not be working places like this because he even told my child about state hospitals and procedures!!!
Columbus Behavioral Center was both a good and bad experience. I was at CBC from May 3rd - August 31st, which means I was there for almost 4 months. For context, there's 5 units total, and I was on unit 100, which is the starting unit for most, if not all people who just came in. I was on 100 for a month before I moved to unit 200, which is a DBT unit. My first day, I was immediately trash talked and only called 'new kid', which was degrading, to say the least. There were multiple fights on my first week alone, and apparently, that was normal. I was actually damn near beat up because I got this prize in bingo another kid wanted. On all of the units, there's a long hallway with all the room doors and a day room that, in most cases, had a door and was always locked. On 100, we rarely ever used the day room, so for my month on 100, we had to sit on the floor for most hours of the day, doing groups and stuff. It eventually started to hurt sitting for hours on end on the floor, but nobody really did anything about it. I eventually moved to unit 200, which is a DBT unit right next door to 100. I had to sleep in a room on 300 while I waited for a room to become available on 200. 300 is a little girl's unit, but it wasn't awful to sleep on. I was sleeping on 300 for around 3ish weeks before a bed became available on 200. My roommate on 200 was this really nice girl that was noticeable VERY mentally ill. She was treated horribly by the staff, and they would trash talk her constantly for not getting up in the morning. Her and I shared a therapist, JOE. Joe was actually so obnoxious. I got there because I tried to kill myself, and he constantly called me selfish and said I should think more about my parents. He made hallow promises about me discharging soon, but then he'd later say it wasn't gonna happen and laugh at me. It was constantly held over my head. He also threatened that if I had one slip up, he'd take away my DC date. I walked on eggshells around him constantly, and everyone hated him, not just me. I tried to switch therapists, but he didn't allow me to, so I was stuck with him for my entire stay. He was so emotionally unavailable, and I hated it. The staff were ok. Shout out to Riley. She was the best. The actual DBT groups were pretty good. Amy (another therapist) led the DBT groups for the most part. She was pretty nice, but she was kinda harsh. But whatever, it's ok. No big deal. 200 actually used its day room, which was cool. Though the staff were either too strict or too laid back. We were in the art therapy room, which had a TV in it, and watched the Joker movie. It had violence in it and murder scenes, which we were NOT allowed to watch btw, but we did. I got triggered, and when I brought it up, the kids there called me a wussy and said I was a baby, so I kept my mouth shut. The kids on 200 were nicer than the kids on 100, but they got away with more. We had these things during summer called outings. Pretty much what outing were was when from 1-3, certain kids would go outside the building somewhere for fun, like a field trip. We had to be really good to go on them. We went to the library, and APPARETLY someone got a razer blade from one of the pencil sharpeners, and nobody noticed, not even the staff that should have noticed. She was caught only after she used it, though. The staff weren't very observant, that's what I'm trying to say. I started having symptoms of a UTI, and after notifying the nurses, they didn't do anything. I discharged soon after and found out I was actually severely dehydrated and was slowly DYING of dehydration! And nobody did anything! Cute! 2025 update a year(ish) later Idk why I came back to this. I thought I'd add something I never realized before. They had this dumb star system every day, and depending on how good you were, you'd get 0-10 stars a day. It was actual public humiliation. I witnessed so many ppl get bullied for their stars. It was MANDATORY btw. You couldn't ask to skip your stars. A staff member once called my feet really large, and it became my biggest insecurity.
When I went here back in January-June 2019, no one told me until the night before that I had a relative who worked there. No relative should be working in the same environment as a teenager with family issues. While there were plenty of good memories, it felt like looking back any and all compliments I got were because I had a relative who worked there. So, to whoever thought that was a good idea- you permanently strained my relationship with my family. On the other side of the coin- some staff were very lovely. Kayla, Kourtney, Joseph, Diana, Jules, Hannah, and Jessica were all wonderful. But because this residential damaged my family relationship, I can not rate it higher than 1 star.
They delete bad reviews. I went through all their reviews. I left on two years ago and mine is nowhere to be seen. If the Therapist do not feel like seeing you don’t get seen. We weren’t let outside for two months because they said it was too cold outside we weren’t learning the right stuff for our education got beat up several times my roommate SA’d me Half the time they don’t supply you anything for your period if you mess up slightly, you don’t have to see any of your family members or go on a pass The phone is a privilege not a right half the time you don’t need to speak to your family members. They keep you there as long as you can to get money out of you. I don’t know how this place is not shut down the only good thing about it somewhat was their food I came back from the pass and they said there was marijuana in my system when I never smoked marijuana so I wasn’t allowed to go on a pass anymore Have y’all ever heard of a thing called false positives Cause now that I actually work in healthcare, that is a thing you guys mistreat your patience and do not treat them with any kind of adequate care at the end of the day you guys should be shut down
If you want your kid to come out with worse problems and trauma send them here
Hello, my name is Chloe Grover I discharged from Columbus behavioral center 1 month ago and it changed my entire life for the better. I had Caitlyn as a therapist and let me just say she is truly phenomenal at her work and what she does she kicks ass everyday to make sure her kids have what they need. Kiera the aftercare case manager is just as amazing she truly loves and cares for older youth in this program when she did IL she made it fun and engaging. Karebear was an amazing lead tech on 400 unit she changed the way I view people today she showed me to let people in and give them a chance. Von is a another very hardworking lead tech on 400 unit she showed me how to not care what others thought about me and to be myself through and through. Cameron was an amazing lead tech on 300 unit he always made your day exciting but stuck to the rules as he should and he was always there when you needed a good cry or a good conversation. The staff there deserve the world and if I could give it to them I would. Thank you everyone. If your kid needs help check this place out their DBT program is truly phenomenal it has helped me through some really touch things since discharge.
My 16 year old daughter went there and day 1 she hated me by time to leave at day 90 she cried because she was gonna miss the staff. Thank you CBC for helping my daughter grow so much in 90 days!
I was a patient there for 6 months in 2018 and the therapist I had, Amy, Crossed many boundaries and became friends with my mom while I was a patient. Patient confidentiality was thrown out the window and there was a conflict of interest. I never felt safe enough to be fully opening therapy as it was all being reported back to my mother and Amy would always take her side.
I was in CBC for 4 months. I was there from February 6 to June 5. It was awful there were many many riots and our safety including the staff was not there. I remember sitting there listening while kids were going crazy and police were everywhere Me and my unit 400 were locked outside for 2 hours with one staff bc it was so unsafe. Our entire days would depend on who was in a bad mood that day. Kids would get in the ceiling and destroy the whole place making it a dangerous environment on the walkie-talkie a staff member yelled help they're hurting me help their attacking me and that gave me PTSD and I don't think I'll ever forget that I don't think over forget how much that impacted me now let's talk about their therapy their family therapy was awful I was in a very bad home and my therapist saw that and yet they decide to do nothing the therapists just wanted to push you out the door didn't even want to help. I remember sitting in my room for hours crying and the only people there for me or some of the staff. I do not recommend going there it was an awful experience I would recommend it.
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