The Following Comments have been reproduced with the permission of the originator. In some cases the originator has asked to remain anonymous.
To: The Integrity House
Thanks again for everything. Deeply appreciated – you are doing the work of God with these girls… I see significant improvements with our daughter- in all respects. There were ZERO issues with her this past weekend (such as “please get me out of here”, etc.). If anything, she kept saying how much the program has helped her – and how it probably saved her life… That’s a major statement coming from her, and I know it was sincere… The proof is that she doesn’t want to come home and “hang out” with her old friends anymore – which is why she is so excited about attending Southern Utah University… Let me tell you Daniel – that’s one hell of a repertoire change on her behalf… Plus, the adoption ceremony was wonderful and I could feel her sincerity – it is no longer an act… My wife and I both concur that what has happened with her is both a blessing and a miracle… So, thank you…. Along similar lines, if you ever need a recommendation for Integrity House, PLEASE pass along my name and contact info… It would be an honor to tell others how much your program has helped our daughter – who was close to being a lost soul not long ago…
Take Care and great to see you again…
12/18/2011 (DC)
I have hope for the future that I have never had before. I have never thought my daughter would make the changes she has made. It’s incredible, just incredible.
3/30/2011 (Parent)
First of all, I want to say thank you and bravo to you and your program once again! It is obvious that what is happening at Integrity House really works! I am happy that we decided to place (our daughter) there and have seen positive changes in her just in the short time she has been there. I am looking forward to more growth and change during the remainder of her stay with you. I appreciate you and your staff having the insight in to the need for this kind of program and then for implementing it. It seems to be a life saver for many. Every person that I have spoken with while (our daughter) has been there has been forthcoming with information and helpful. I’m sure that (our daughter) is feeling safe and well-cared for by you and your staff. I can’t thank you enough for helping us push the ‘reset’ button for our daughter and us. It was timely and necessary and exactly what we needed. Thank you for providing that!
3/5/2011 (Parent)
Our daughter has made great strides in the program at Integrity House emotionally, behaviorally, academically and physically. We are very appreciative of the training and support you have provided our daughter and our family. The team at Integrity House ha worked well with our daughter giving her the structure and tools she needs to assist her in reaching her goals as well as ours.
1/24/11 (Parents)
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your help with placing our daughter in Integrity House. We especially want to thank you for transporting her to Utah from our home in [state.] We made a very difficult decision to place our daughter into a boarding school where she could get the help she needs to get back on the right path in life. Your help in every step of the way is very much appreciated.
Once we made the decision on the school we had to decide the best way to get her out there. We appreciate you coming here on such short notice to accommodate our requests. You were very professional and you have a real talent dealing with difficult teens!! We were very nervous about the transport and you helped put us at ease with your very frequent communication during the trip. The text messages kept us up to date and gave us peace of mind that our daughter was doing okay since we had no idea how she would react.
We are very happy with the services you provided to our family from helping with school placement to transporting our daughter to Utah. The way you communicated with us during the trip made us feel more at ease that she was in excellent hands. We would highly recommend you to anyone in the same difficult situation. Everything went better than we had ever imagined.
1/25/11 (Parents) (State and initials withheld to protect privacy)
I want to thank-you for everything you have done for me. Before I got into the program I was totally out of control. My parents couldn’t control me, which caused a lot of problems between my dad and me. I was out at party drinking and doing drugs 24/7. Then I entered the Integrity House where I met a bunch of girls who understood where I was coming from. While I was at the integrity house the staff made me feel like I was somebody. I felt comfortable enough to come clean about … all the emotional abuse I was put through. The staff and the girls kept telling me it wasn’t my fault, I didn’t deserve it, and no matter how my times I was depressed about it they kept telling me wonderful things about myself. Making my self-esteem rise. And to all the help I owe my happiness and high self-esteem to the integrity house.
Thank-you”
Lauren Broad
“…For the first time I am seeing an improvement in my daughter’s behavior. This is very significant when you consider that my daughter spent 1.5 years in the State Hospital and made only minimal improvement. Today she is doing well in school. She has been doing so well in fact that the school has commented on her marked improvement. She is doing better in the community and taking responsibility for her past behaviors by finally being willing to complete her court ordered work hours. She is able to spend time with her family and behave in an appropriate manner.” “…I whole-heartedly recommend Daniel and Zelpha Taylor and the Integrity House Program.”
Excerpt from 6/5/2001 Letter by Jerna Mitchell
“…There is a growing need for more facilities like Integrity House that put Integrity back into the treatment of Troubled Youth. Facilities like Integrity House are highly successful in helping Troubled Youth make positive changes in their lives and we see these young people go on to lead healthy and productive lives.”
Dick Hemrick, MS, NCC, NCAC, CADC, SSW
“…I was getting involved in drugs and was constantly lying to my parents about my activities. My life was out of control and I was having daily conflicts with my parents. Eventually I got treatment in what Integrity House calls a strength based behavior modification program. In less than a year I was able to turn my life around and return to my family. I graduated from High School on time and have been living a happy, healthy and drug free life ever since.”
Anonymous
My daughter enrolled at Integrity House in March 2008. She was totally out of control. She was using drugs, alcohol, having sex and attempted to take her own life several times. When she first came in, my daughter used, or tried to use physical violence toward staff and peers and refused to eat and pulled her hair out leaving bald spots. I thought there was no hope. With the help of the therapist and staff, my daughter slowly started to make a breakthrough. After no contact for 6 weeks I saw her at a parent conference, it seemed she had changed a little but it took her over 18 months to see an extremely new makeover. I am glad I kept her in the program. I now see a beautiful, calm, loving new woman (3 parent conferences later). I have so much faith in the program. Many times I wanted to pull her from the program, but I am truly at ease and will let my daughter finish the program completely. I feel family therapy, groups, and essays have credited to the life changes for my daughter. If I had to do it all over again I would in a heart beat!
9/26/09 RS (Parent)
Thank you for all the AMAZING work you have done with my daughter over the past 3 + years. I greatly appreciate everything you have all done. I am forever grateful for you loving my daughter like your own child.
Again, thank you so much for everything you have done for my daughter. It saddens me to see her leave such an amazing facility with people who truly care about her and she is not just a “number” You have been awesome!
1/5/11 YN (Parent)
My daughter hasn’t graduated from the program yet, but I truly believe in the program and I truly believe that if we hadn’t put her in the program at Integrity House, she wouldn’t be alive. I thank each and every one of the staff that is working with my daughter. I say “do the right thing and save your daughter’s life”. You will be grateful that you did. The staff is there for you every step of the way.
6/9/07 TS (Parent)
Our daughter was on the road to disaster, failure and lifelong despair when we brought her to Integrity House. We had expended great amounts of time and failed efforts to try to help her see the dangerous position she was taking her life towards, with virtually no success. She is now on level four of a tremendously well thought out and highly developed six step program of structured skills acquisition and self discovery; and patterned development of social skills and coping abilities. We are very appreciative of the wonderful staff and therapists. You are all we hoped for, and much, much more.
Thank you giving us back our daughter! She has not yet graduated the program, but can see the light we’ve been looking for.
2007 CD (Parent)
I have never witnessed a miracle until my child was picked up and taken in at
Integrity House. Every bad thing she was into was completely erased and turned
around 180%. Every child I have seen go through Integrity House has been successful and has made tremendous turn around. They are truly happy people during their treatment at Integrity House.
MM (Parent)
Integrity House has been a godsend to our family. Don’t expect a fancy country club resort. Its beauty is not physical; it is spiritual. Don’t expect everyone there to be perfect. They are wonderfully human. The combined dedication of decent, loving, hard-working people produces what I consider to be nothing short of a miracle. Integrity House serves like a family home and breaks everything down to the basics and allows the girls to re-grow themselves in a healthy way. They took a lost, confused and miserable girl and gave us back the sweet, loving daughter we once knew. I could literally write a book about the work they do and the results they achieve, not just with our daughter, but with all the other girls we met and fell in love with on our visits. Their program works where others have failed. Now it’s up to our family to maintain the good habits they established. All I can say is we definitely need more places like this. If they had an Integrity House close enough, I would want to work there and be part of the miracle.
10//3/08 Maurice M (Parent)
Sending our daughter to Integrity House was the most difficult decisions we have made in our married life. The thought of sending her away from our family and turning over the responsibility of raising her, to individuals that we barely knew was almost unbearable. But, because of our love for her and her wellbeing we took the leap of faith required to begin her healing. The journey was a long and painful one but most definitely worth every tear and heart ache. At the end we received in return our beautiful daughter as we had known and loved her before. The light of hope, love and life had returned to her eyes. Now, a year later, it remains strong and bright. Thank you Integrity House for providing the safe environment we needed to bring her back home to us.
6/9/07 BA (Parent)
I chose Integrity House sight unseen for my daughter. I made a decision over a 24 hour period. I needed to get my daughter to a safe place ina hurry. After 5 months I finally met the staff and saw the facility. It was everything Ih ad hoped for. The staff treats my daughter life family. They make progress with tough love. They focus on accountability and self respect. You can feel safe with your child in their care and your daughter will make progress at Integrity House.
10/17/09 John (Parent)
Integrity House change the course of my daughter’s life, giving her confidence, hope and the desire to embrace her passions. The caring staff give her structure, consistent consequences (essays) for behavioral issues and responsibilities in daily living. All the staff have been loving, nurturing and trustworthy. Integrity House gave my daughter true integrity.
10/13/07 SH (Parent)
Many of you reading these testimonials may be reading them as you would a testimonial on a company website or for a product. The testimonial I can give to you about Integrity House is not fabricated or exaggerated. I can honestly tell you the happiness I feel as an individual, as a family member, a sister a daughter, a friend, a peer and an example comes from the principles I practiced and learned at Integrity House. This facility is a gem in a pile of stones. I have been to other programs before, they do not compare. I know without Integrity House I would not have the love for myself, or my family that I do.
CA (Program Graduate 2007)
We’re so grateful for how far she has come in personal growth and responsibility as well as assertiveness is so incredible.
Thanks Integrity House.
6/3/10 CK (Parent)
I would first like to say thank you for all your individual as well as team efforts and dedication on behalf of my daughter and our family this last year.
We are hoping that we can keep all doors of communication and options open so that we still have the support/therapy and guidance of Integrity House in the future if or as needed.
I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you for the love and faith you have shown my daughter and for all your efforts and hard work on her behalf.
I know she has learned a lot from being there. I know she has made progress in different areas. We are going to work hard and be united as a family in order to continue her growth and progression here at home.
11/18/10 MN (Parent)
I want to thank you for all your hard work and dedication and for the efforts made to work with our daughter.
10/4/10 NF (Parent)
Hello everyone,
Things here are going exceptionally well for our daughter at this time, as well as the rest of us. Her transition back into school has gone very smooth so far, every day she awakens with a great attitude and ready to welcome the new day, with a smile on her face that has been seen by many who knew her before. Several teachers have commented on her level of maturity, her look of confidence, self-assurance, posture and again the smile that everyone forgot because they had not seen it for so many years. We know this is a honey moon period but we see qualities in her that we will be able to work with in the future.
We thank God for this miracle, for the second chance to make our life with our daughter a good one and giving her the opportunity to go back to having a few more years of just being a kid and the family life she deserves. So again we want to say thank you to everyone that worked with her and continues to give us the support we need to move forward.
12/12/09 M&SS (Parents)
We want to applaud and commend your school because we feel that what you are doing with the girls is a great accomplishment. We sent our daughter there not knowing who you were, but trusted her life with you and you have taken good care of her and for that we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
7/7/10 MS (Parent)
