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I had to come on and write about how amazing Plena was for our son and for our whole family. The experience and the dedication of the staff are bar none. We had been to other programs prior to coming to Plena which led to disappointment and fatigue. Plena was so refreshing because it felt like we (parents and staff) were all on the same team. The daily communication we received helped all of us to work together to heal our child. The parent groups were one of the tools we found to be most useful and we learned that we weren’t alone in this difficult journey. The other parents were so supportive and helpful and the group leaders were so good at helping us come to understand our child in a way we didn’t before Plena. I would recommend Plena to any parent who is willing to listen, take in the advice and actually use it. They are going to hold you accountable but it’s worth it in the end!
Thank goodness for Plena! It was a long road but we have our daughter back. After years of anxiety and stress we are on a new road. Plena was able to work with our child and our family to learn tools and implement strategies to not only help our daughter feel confident but also help our home life be enjoyable. We are beyond grateful for the whole team. From the person who greets our daughter at the door every morning, to her therapist and her psychiatrist, we felt so well taken care of. Thank you to the entire Plena Team!!!!!!

We are so happy with our experience at Plena! The staff has all been great to work with, and the growth in our child has been amazing to witness.

Excellent experience, staff support, and communication. Very positive overall experience and truly grateful.

So thankful and appreciative of the support and results that our child received and earned. The staff is 100% the best and went out of their way to regularly ensure our child’s success. Thank you!

I cannot thank you guys enough for how much you have helped our family. As an educator, I will definitely recommend you to families in need. You truly saved our son and made this experience not only not scary but extremely enjoyable. We feel like family. We are so grateful.

We are so grateful for this experience. We needed support for our child for skills and education, and for us as parents moving forward, and we got all of that. We really appreciated all of the support from the amazing staff, especially our therapist, who did an amazing job getting to know our child as a whole person. We really appreciate everything!

The Dragonfly therapists are amazing and wonderful to work with and very open to communication. They went above and beyond to help our child grow and become a better person. The team helped our family handle such difficult times and truly made them easier to handle.

Plena has been great for our whole family. Would highly recommend it to other families in similar situations.

This has been the most positive experience we could have imagined. Thank you for all you do!

Plena has truly been a life-altering program for our family. The support has been above and beyond. We are leaving the program with an amazing foundation, new skills, and the confidence to continue to work and grow with everything we have learned. Truly, thank you so much for helping turn our family around.

“We are so grateful & thankful to the Plena team. Such wonderful, very accommodating & caring group of people. We don’t want to leave. We enjoyed the parent sessions, family meetings & the weekly goals! She truly loved the Expressive Therapy & group time. Thanks so much for everything!”

I can not say enough about this amazing place. They brought my daughter back from the depths of OCD with their IOP program. Galina is an ABSOLUTE GEM and the best ERP therapist out there. Dr. Chang is a fantastic psychiatrist. Everyone at Plena is caring, well trained, and very dedicated to helping children with psychiatric needs. I wish I could give them more than 5 stars!!

We never felt like a number. The staff was able to uncover [my child] and help her handle her worry. It’s not “over” but I trust the tools & knowledge they gave her. We will keep working it and move [her] forward!

I have had amazing experiences at Plena. The therapists are qualified, kind, and patient people that really care about the kids. There are many specialists in a variety of different mental illness or disorders. I was hesitant at first for a group therapy program but I would highly recommend it. Hannah, the expressive therapist, is amazing and makes unique connections and impacts on all patients.

Thankful for Plena and all it did for our family. We absolutely adore Hannah and the Plena team…. Bright smiles, hearts, and humor which are so important for your child’s therapists to have. Such an incredible team and program. Truly life changing. Thank you Plena! We love you!

Our experience with Plena Mind Center was excellent. From the beginning, I found the staff to be professional, organized, and genuinely collaborative. What stood out most was the quality of communication. Questions were answered promptly, expectations were clearly explained, and I always felt my perspective as a parent was welcomed and respected. The program provided practical guidance that helped us better support our children instead of leaving us uncertain about what was expected. I would especially like to recognize Sam , Galina and Elle. They worked with my kids and consistently demonstrated professionalism, empathy, and a genuine commitment to helping our family. Their communication, organization, and willingness to collaborate made a difficult situation much easier to navigate. Every family is different, but based on our experience, I found Plena to be a well-run program that truly partners with parents throughout treatment. I would not hesitate to recommend Plena Mind Center to families seeking mental health services for their children.

The growth and change we saw in our first son after going through Plena ended up being exactly what our second son needed. We appreciate all the growth and change that he developed during his time at Plena, and thank you so much for helping him with his challenges and giving him the skills he needed to get past them. Thank you.

This was a very positive experience for our child and family. The compassion of the staff was amazing. We really appreciate you all.

Words can never express how grateful we are and always will be to every incredible human at Plena for loving, caring, and supporting our child and whole family. Thank you for giving us back our child.

So grateful for such a positive experience with all of our children. I look forward to continued collaboration and referring clients to your program.

Our experience with Plena and the staff has been incredible. This program is the first and only program that has been able to help our daughter and family get to a strong and healthy place. We are leaving Plena with tools to continue to be successful and help our daughter grow. She is a new kid, and we couldn’t be more thankful for the support and guidance we have received. The Dragonfly staff genuinely cares for the patients and goes above and beyond. Forever grateful.

I have nothing but positive and great things to say about Plena and the staff. Our therapist was amazing, and I will be recommending Plena for sure. Thank you!

Could not be more impressed with this program. Everyone was amazing and genuinely cared for my daughter and our family. Therapists and doctors responded to any concerns or questions so quickly and were always available.

We could not be more thrilled with our experience here. Our therapist and the entire staff at Dragonfly are made of the material of angels — patient, compassionate, smart, skilled, and dedicated. We’re so lucky to have learned under your care!

Our son has grown so much thanks to this program. We are so happy that he ended up here. Our family has been able to incorporate so many of the lessons into our daily life and are so thankful for everyone there.

Our experience at Plena changed our family for the better. We had both of our boys in their intensive programs in 2024. Two elements of their approach really made a difference for all of us — one was coordinating an entire-family approach that worked for all of us, parents and kids. The other was giving us language and a framework to understand the boys medical challenges (which contribute dramatically to behavior challenges) as contributing to, but not responsible for, their behavior. It empowered both boys to take ownership again of their behavior. Our family life now is the best it’s ever been.

Our practice, Fox, Levine and Associates, often refers to Plena Mind Center with positive results. We have the utmost confidence in the care our clients receive there! We will continue to refer to Plena! We see positive results!

I am so incredibly grateful for the entire team at Plena. Their staff are so welcoming and kind, each person made such a difference to the care of my child. My child felt comfortable attending each day and in the end came away with many tools that they still use today. In addition, the intake was smooth and they worked with my insurance to make the whole process easy for the parents.

I cannot say enough about Plena and the team they have there! My daughter just finished 10 weeks at Plena’s dragonfly program with Tracie and her team. My daughter was at an all-time low entering emotionally and now she is the opposite. She is thriving with her emotionally and has learned the skills and coping mechanisms that she needed. We have tried other PHPs and nothing has compared! Thank you Plena!
Simply put, Tracie and the Plena staff changed my daughter’s life. We had lots of anxiety going in – “is it worth taking her out of school” or “has it really gotten that bad” amongst other thoughts. Yet I am SOO glad we made the leap to reach out and explore the program. While I certainly can’t say it’s for every child, I would venture if you are considering this, there is a 100% chance it’s in your child’s best interests to at minimum reach out and explore the opportunity. In my case, doing so changed her life and our family’s life for the better. And if you’ve come far enough that you’re reading my long winded review here, you both care for your child deeply, and your present concerns for them are both valid and a sign that you care even that much more for them, not the opposite. Plena not only helped our daughter through a tough time, but they built her foundation and set both her and my wife and I up for sustained success that continues today, now 5+ months since her graduation. It’s truly incredible what kind of impact a group of caring, engaged, thoughtful adults can have on a young developing mind, and to describe the staff at Plena in these words is an understatement. At the end of the day, the downside was “a bit of awkwardness with school”, but the upside was “this potentially changes her life for many years to come”, and with that in mind the decision became fairly straight forward. And when all is said and done, the experience went above and beyond what I ever could have imagined.

We cannot thank the team enough for the impact they have had on our child and our family. Through their love and support, our child has truly become the kid we knew he was and has also helped us as parents learn how to best support him. This is a very special team, and our therapist was one of a kind. We have cycled through numerous therapists with our son, and we have never met anyone who truly believed in him the way his therapist at Plena did. We have
seen and felt how much his therapist deeply cares about our son and all of the kids and truly
believes there is a good kid inside. She dedicates her whole being to helping them see the beauty they have inside themselves. I don’t know that our son would have been as successful if it wasn’t for his therapist. He feels how much she believes in him, and that has made a huge difference for him. Our son didn’t say this at graduation, but he has told us numerous times, ‘Plena has changed my life.’ Thank you. Thank you.”

We are so happy with our experience at Plena! The staff has all been great to work with, and the growth in our child has been amazing to witness.

Thank you! I finally have my little boy back. Plena has changed my life and my son’s life. Forever grateful for the Dragonfly staff and Plena! Thank you!”

Miracle workers all around. This changed the course of our lives!!! We felt our son understood and was really proud of the progress at home. You really encouraged our full buy-in. Thank you all!

Plena was amazing. It made a scary and difficult experience much easier. Our child and family learned so much. We will be forever grateful for the support we received and are happy to refer and help make this resource available to other families.

Plena has been a phenomenal experience for our daughter and our entire family. We could not be more pleased with the entire experience! Your program exceeded our expectations, and we would absolutely recommend it.

We were blown away by the level of care and help that we, our son, and our entire family had. We highly recommend this program.

Plena was a wonderful experience for our son. The growth over the last few weeks has been unbelievable. I would highly recommend this program for any family in a similar situation. Thank you so much to the Plena team for everything you assisted our family with and for helping our son be the great kid we knew he was.

I’m glad we found a place for our son to work on his behavior and emotional regulation. Thank you for your dedication and work.

I could not be more impressed with the care [my child] received at Plena. The Plena team worked so well with us and his therapist. They listened to my concerns and developed tools that would work with our whole family. They are a pleasure to work with. [My child] is being discharged with tools he needs to manage his emotions. He is happy again and our whole family feels more connected. Our experience has been amazing at Plena and we are very grateful!

As the operations director at a local wellness center, I cannot say enough good things about Plena Mind. We are grateful for the exceptional intensive outpatient care and partial hospitalization program which includes collaborative medication management, group therapy, and family support. Our wellness center has sent numerous referrals to them and families have reported very positive experiences when returning to our clinic.

Plena was very helpful for my family when dealing with anxiety and school avoidance. Our team always took the time to meet with us as needed and understood our needs from day 1. They understand that every child has a different set of circumstances and it’s not a 1 size fits all approach.

Stories

See what our patients have to say.

In April of 2026 I stepped into a dark room. Everyday the lasting light dimmed and dimmed.

Except I couldn’t tell because my eyes were already closed. I walked through life in a sunken place within me. Unable to find gratitude but eager to be disappointed. It was easier that way. Being disappointed gave me a reason to be angry and sit in my darkness. I lost things one by one. My hope, discipline, care, and smile all within the dark room. My friends and family were no longer worth putting forth effort into because “people always leave.”

The days all emerged to one because there was “nothing worth remembering.” Humans aren’t built to live in such a dark state, we hit a breaking point when the darkness is terrifying and the sadness becomes painful.

The adults around me began to really pay attention to my disconnect. They along with my family became concerned with the state I was in. When bringing up this I felt beyond hopeless. Not one thing or person could have convinced me at that moment that the lights will turn back on, I will open my eyes to see it, and the pain of emotions would feel less painful day by day. And not one person or thing did. I did.

I turned the lights back on in my dark room, and I opened my eyes to see it. I put the bandaid over the pain and allowed it to heal over time. But I had a village to do it with.

That Village was Plena. But that was a choice. I didn’t choose to get help, I chose to help myself. I walked into my intake meeting with the feeling as though I didn’t deserve or need this level of care. And it took a while for me to believe it.

And truthfully, sometimes I still don’t believe it. But, with lasting words from my treatment, I know how to recognize when I’m invalidating myself. For example, before I would bring up my issue during group therapy, I would always add “I know this isn’t a big deal but..” My therapist pointed it out to me and explained how I’m invalidating myself before evening explaining the situation.

I had never thought of the impact something like that could have on my whole perspective. And that was a starting place. From then on I would correct myself when I realized my self invalidation. What I had never expected though was the community built between patients and therapists. Having a space where others were in the same place as you for similar reasons brought me more comfort than I could have imagined.

Watching those who had come to treatment before me gradually get better and graduate inspired me to get better and to be that inspiration for someone else. The day I watched my first graduation altered my purpose. Before I felt that I had none, then I knew I would find my purpose of getting healthy.

None of this was easy. The wave I was surfing felt impossible to stay afloat at some points and impossible to fall off of at others. but I learned that slow motion is better than no motion. And small goals are still goals. By learning things like cognitive distortions, Maladaptives, different skills like dear man, give, and tipps. I was more knowledgeable of what I was feeling and why.

And by implementing these skills into my life when found necessary I was able to grow in a healthy way. I always say plena saved my life, which in some aspects is true.

But one thing Plena taught me is to not discredit myself and I would be discrediting myself if I didn’t say I saved my life by choosing to use all that Plena could give and teach me To become not perfect but, healthy again. It’s a choice to get better, not a given. And Plena Mind Center is able to offer you that choice.

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