I have been involved with Penn Foundation for quite a while.  I have been through Inpatient treatment 3 times and I am currently involved with Outpatient Services and Mobile Engagement Services.  The staff has always been so generous with me, honestly, I can’t think of a bad thing to say.

The Psychiatrist, Dr. Newton, has been so very helpful to me.  She always wants to make sure the medications I take are the correct ones for me and that they are working effectively.  Her priority is to make sure I am stable and doing as well as I can be.  She is so supportive of me and my recovery!  She is a hoot to be around.  She pretends to be “the meanest doctor in Penn Foundation”, but is really so kind and so funny.  When I relapsed in the past, she would let me know that she was disappointed, but never yelled or made me feel bad about myself.  She never told me to go away and always welcomed me back.

Mobile Engagement Service (MES) has made such a difference this time around.  This is a whole new level of commitment on my part.  My counseler is Sara, and she is focusing on getting me to try new things in my recovery.  She is tough, with out being too tough.  She challenged me to attend more meetings and gave me a specific number of meetings she would like me to attend.  Because of this new level of commitment I am working on, I agreed to attend 8 meetings in 2 weeks and met that commitment!  I was scared to make that commitment, but did it anyway.  Having a female counselor to work with is very important to me.  It is a different approach in my recovery, and I am finding it very helpful.

Again, you people have been so generous with me and for that, I am grateful.