Terrible place. Don’t allow your children to go here. They do the opposite of helping children.
About Nexus Family Healing
Located on 12 acres in rural Minnesota, Nexus-Gerard Family Healing offers mental health and addiction services for children, adolescents, and families in Austin, Minnesota. They provide inpatient, dual diagnosis, and aftercare services for youth ages 6 to 18, including support for their families to cope with the challenges of mental health issues. The academy is licensed by the State of Minnesota and accepts private insurance and self pay.
Gerard Academy is located in a private, homey setting offering ample opportunities for outdoor recreation and relaxation. The campus features community gardens and comfortable common areas, as well as a state accredited K through 12 day school. The grounds are located adjacent to a nature preserve, and wildlife can frequently be seen on the center’s property.
The inpatient program is designed to help individuals achieve recovery through mental, emotional, and physical wellness. Children and their families receive trauma informed, CBT based individual, group, and family counseling. Evidence based complementary approaches like EMDR are available to support trauma recovery. Education and life skills development are also prioritized to support long term health and sobriety. Courses are offered in self care, coping, problem solving, communication, relapse prevention, and family and community reintegration.
When clients complete treatment, aftercare services provide ongoing support. This continuing care can include academic and vocational training and transitional support. Social services, medical and mental health, and addiction recovery referrals are also provided to facilitate clients’ successful reintegration into their home community.
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to any parent reviewing these reviews, please do not send your child here.you will regret it nothing positive has came out of this program, including the staff they are extremely negative, unprofessional and, uncaring about theses kids that are sent there to get help in the first place. One staff membergot lube and a glove out and tried to scare my son saying that if he doesn t give up whatever he has which they never found anything that he was going to find it himself. upon speaking to the supervisor regarding the situation, she said that staff is hired right off the streets with no training or qualifications. my son went through hell at this place, and I hope that you wouldn t want your child to go through the same thing. This place should not be in business. . You can look at the reviews and the videos online. counseling sessions are a joke. They don t even do counseling but say they did. My son got no help or counseling the whole time he was there.. if you want to do anything to help your child, this place is not the right place.
I was here in 1999 sentenced 2 - 24 months I did 11 months. It was my last stop. I had been in at least a dozen treatment centers over 8 years of being court order before this. I spent from 9 to 18 years old locked up and this is the only place that worked for me! I had life changing moments here and it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. This place and it's counseling team saved my life!!! I can not thank u enough. I recommend to all who need help. This is an amazing place. It will change your life. For the best it's been 25 years and I'm in town. I'm going to stop bye and look for one last memory. Thank u gerard
Response from the owner4 days ago
Joshua, We're so glad to hear you are doing well and to hear about the positive changes in your life. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
I went here when I was a kid for a court order and it was hell. No cameras so the staff could get away with a lot of abuse to the children, aswell as use their metal disabilities against them to cover them when questioned. And they would use the kids past traumas against them to enrage them just to give the kid a consequence or even make them freak out and give the staff a reason to painfully restrain the child. Unless you want your child to have more trauma I recommend never even thinking about this place.
Response from the owner3 months ago
Hi Michael, Thank you for your sharing your experience. At Nexus-Gerard we committed to trauma-informed care and the safety of our youth and staff is a top priority. All feedback is taken seriously and provided to our leadership team regardless of at what point in time that experience may have been. If you would like to share more about your experiences, please contact us at ndudycha@nexusfamilyhealing.org. 
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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.
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.
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Levels of Care
Inpatient Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
Treatments
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.
Clinical Services
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.
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.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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(507) 433-1843 
1111 28th Street NE
Austin, MN 55912
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