Rogers Behavioral Health Skokie

“Simcha Cohen was the most unprofessional mental health "professional" I've had the misfortune of crossing paths with. She presents an image of being very professional and polished, but after my experience with her personally and upon reviewing my medical records following my time spent under her "care" I can't believe what a mistake it was to seek out help. I needed the help, given the fact that I was 20 years old living alone in Chicago getting intensive medical treatments for my physical health conditions that affected my mental health, and sought out mental health support while I underwent my medical treatments through an MD downtown Chicago. Upon reviewing my records she warped a lot of the facts to fit the narrative she formed that I wasn't actually physically sick, but rather had somatic symptom disorder and my health issues were as she stated a "delusion", despite extensive medical records and lab work supporting my physical health conditions and the fact that I was actively getting medical treatments through an MD while I was seeing her, the entire reason I was relocating to Chicago. I quit going to therapy because I felt like it was doing more harm than good with Simcha Cohen as my provider and the groups often felt more like school (i.e. filling out worksheets) so discharged from the program. I still continued to struggle because I needed support during that dark time, but after being burned by that experience I felt less willing to seek out the support that I needed and deserved. I would write this review on a Google page for her, but her new practice doesn't have Google reviews set up (not surprising).”

“HUGE mistake to bring my son here. They admitted him without fully screening him to see if their program was a right fit, and I wish they would have told me up front that they are incapable of handling combative behaviors, even though I was very transparent during intake. Frustrated with being stuck waiting in little rooms for hours on end, my son was easily agitated. Rather than allowing me to intervene as he escalated (they insisted I "disengage") they allowed him to pick up objects which he then either threw or held up in defense mode, leading them to give up on him - obviously he was set up for failure. They also allowed him to run around hallways and ESCAPE from their secured area, leading to a 30-minute hunt for a 9-year-old boy throughout stairwells that lead outside near a very busy street. During discharge, they suggested a more aggressive medication for the sake of "calming" him, and suggested places out of state to send him to. Then they had the gall to charge me hundreds of dollars for THEIR negligent treatment of my son, and our family's further life disruption by keeping him kicked out of school. Fast forward to a year later, and we found a great local school for our son - a therapeutic day school that is designed for autistic kids. Thanks to a school that knows what they're doing, our son is thriving there, and he very obviously did not need to be institutionalized or over-medicated. Rogers... how dare you give up on a boy who needed help, suggesting that he needs higher-level institutionalization and more aggressive medication, and setting him up to have had his schooling delayed. DO NOT SEEK HELP FROM ROGERS BEHAVIORAL.”

“My daughter was in the PHP program for anorexia for 3 weeks, and then she was transferred to their residential program in WI. The PHP program is a decent one, but it is light (5 days a week, 6 hours long). It is not truly partial hospitalization. It is based more on exposures. They let the kids stay alone in a room to fill out surveys, which is not good. Space is also tight. The staff was great. There are better programs around.”

“Our daughter was in the PHP program for OCD. She was in the program virtually. We found Danielle to be very good at communicating with the whole family, and Lauren was an excellent therapist. Lauren gave us updates on our daughter's progress daily, and was very encouraging and enthusiastic in working with our daughter. We found the team to be genuinely caring and considerate of our concerns when making decisions affecting our daughter's care. Our daughter was only in the program while waiting for an opening in residency, so I cannot speak to completing the program here, but our experience was a very positive one.”