Patient and Family Testimonials

What our patients and families are saying:

"I would break down during the day, cry uncontrollably, have trouble sleeping, and I was irritable and cranky all the time. Thanks to the staff at New Perspectives, my life has changed dramatically. They make you feel special, like you are the only person in the world."

Former New Perspective Patient

"I was going through a really tough divorce that was very painful. I didn't sleep, I couldn't eat and I didn't want to go out. I didn't care if I lived or if I died. I joined New Perspectives and the program has just been wonderful to me. Throughout my time in the program, I made friends with the other guests. We would call each other and talk about all the positive things going on in our lives."

Patient

"New Perspectives has helped me enormously. I was only halfway there, then I started coming to the program. It has absolutely helped me get back to normal. I really owe it to this program."

"The group sessions were absolutely great. It's almost like a second family. You get to know each other so well-all of us have the same experience. We're all sick but each brings a different angle to it. It's the patients who are the experts in being sick, having lived through it. The great therapists help us cope, help us together learn how to live beyond being sick."

"I would highly recommend New Perspectives to anyone. Everybody who came got better. We all got better together."

Patient

"New Perspectives has done my sister a world of good. It's a wonderful program."

"The groups at New Perspectives have really improved her life. Now she's open to discuss her problems and she's no longer the closed off person she was. Her whole life perspective has changed. I most surely would recommend the program to everyone out there. There is help out there and we've learned to get it. All you have to do is ask."

Sister of Patient

"It took a while for me. Through the therapists' patience, I finally realized that I was depressed and needed to recognize and help myself get better by focusing on the positive at all times. Relapses come, but it goes as well.

"You don't have to do it all at once. You can be down, Just pick it up. The group of people around you are great support for you every day."

Patient
 
Deaconess Hospital