The Bradley Center

I was at bradley a little over 5 years ago in the expression unit. It was a very helpful 9 months for me. staff always treated me with respect and helped me find who i was. Emily Braddock and Chris Stout were the two people who helped me the most and really made a huge impact on my life. I went to bradley as an angry and hostile teenager and left with a new perspective on life. Since being discharged, i have found a new meaning to life. Bradley was my saving grace. I am now married and have a beautiful baby boy. If it wasn’t for the staff at bradley, i wouldn’t be here today. If you are ever thinking of sending a loved one here, i would absolutely recommend it. Thank you to all the staff at Bradley who helped me become the woman i am today. i will never forget any of you

I sent my niece to The Bradley Center for mental health treatment. The food there is amazing (so good I had some every time I would come visit on campus and my niece agrees with this). The staff are very nice (they deserve a pay raise). Also some residents there introduced my niece to kpop and she introduced it to me which helped my niece. I have nothing but positive things to say about this facility. Also I would love to give a shout out to Ms. Luz Stella for bringing my niece well deserved happiness. I would recommend this place to anyone who needs mental health treatment. The long drive was sure worth it.

I was at the Bradley center (the alternative side) about 10 or 11 years ago and I loved it! Being there helped me in many ways. The staff there was great. Food was amazing all around a good experience.

it's been over a year since i left the expressions unit. Received so much help and am so grateful I went there. The staff were great and I really benefitted from going there. I havent gone to another hospital since I left.

From your local guide William Robinson. Well I grew up in the North Campus of the Bradley Center. And I went there back in 1980. And now two point out I am 43 now. And I have lived in Pittsburgh, but for 26 years I was living in Uniontown Pennsylvania. But I came back to McKees Rocks Pennsylvania. And I have a lot of memories of first Bradley Center. She will always No#1 in my book!!!

It was a long road at Bradley but I would honestly say this place saved my life and helped me in the long run I'm glad I went there it was very beneficial and I'm now doing great an since I left here 2 and half years ago i haven't been back to any placement at all I'd recommend this place to anyone also the staff also were great an way better than any placement I've been to in the past.

I went here and it a good place my therapist Julie yost talk to me when i need to talk to her and if she wasent there I talk Mr Alonzo he call me big log and u was fine with that and we went outside and talk but hey up there there are good people who want to help ur kids if they need help and if ur kids are good they get home passes were they get to come home Fri and go back Sun but u got to meet the van were u met it at early in the morning

Hi it me trey a old resident I want to call the Inside the unit but I don't know who working plz get back to me on this message

Great place . One that I will never forget

I was treated well and was respected well.

I was a resident over in the discovery unit. For about over a year and a half it was a journey. 4 stars only because I went to kennywood. It was fun For anyone who knows me my name is Alex Haley. The staff were ok some good some mid some bad some terrible [ Mr Jake] shout out to ms Charline my therapist. And uhhhhhhh. I miss you guys mainly [miss raven and Mr tj] TECH SUPPORT STILL CANT STIP MY REIGHN!!!! MMUAHAHAHAHAHA

I was in the school program for about 2 years about 3 years ago, I personally loved it my therapist was amazing. I only had an issue with one staff member him being the reason I left, other then him everyone else was amazing super caring and supportive. I will be hopefully attending this school again next year.

My name is Brandon I was at the Bradley Center about 15 years ago and it was okay until a staff member stole my money on my birthday one time and that staff member you got fired for it but other than that the Bradley Center was okay I love the trips that we went on.

I was here for nine months and learned a lot. I received wonderful trauma therapy by a well educated therapist. The program is very strong and staff do care. However, staff have an issue with communication and things often get twisted.

They helped my daughter a lot ❤ very grateful

I'm on impressions, and it's decent, not that bad
A lot of issues but it's good 😊 Thank you.

I must've resided at every location the Bradley center owned about 16 years ago...

During my stay with this organization, I was housed at one of their numerous locations, a beautiful property that was formerly located on Castlegate Ave in the Dormont area of Pittsburgh. They shut it down after the group I was with from another location was transferred there after a few months and the reason given was financial troubles due to funding.

During my stay, I was deemed to be of high intellect and was given the opportunity to attend the local community college to become a paramedic, which I was very grateful for. While I did achieve excellence in my classes, I still needed more schooling to make becoming a paramedic a reality. I also did not have a drivers license to take full advantage of my skills gained up to that point so my certifications became useless.

Myself, and a few other kids who were aging out of the system were placed in a new "independent living" house Bradley Center was experimenting with. When that venture failed for them only a few months in, they decided to give me 2 weeks notice to vacate as they were shutting down the house. Up until that time, I was completely institutionalized (not just with Bradley) for the entirety of my adolescent life. I had minimal external connections as the only people I interacted with in society were those I encountered when I went for walks around the main commercial area of Dormont and when I took the T to "The Beehive" in the South Side section of Pittsburgh.

Reality, as much as I could grasp at that point in my life due to my limited socialization, set in. I realized I was about to become a homeless teenager. The supervisor for the house gave me $20 and I had to request they buy me a card for a month's worth of travel good for Pittsburgh's public transportation system.
Luckily I was able to find a couch to crash on in a house that was rented by a local person I befriended for a few months. I had no phone so finding a job was terribly difficult.

I ended up starving. Literally. I was making a jar of peanut butter last me the week and eating out of dumpsters in South Side. I eventually found a restaurant that would throw their daily baked bread away every night, and I would take it out of their dumpster in the alley. I passed out at the T station one evening as I was talking with a random stranger due to lack of nutrition. As I slumped against the wall he walked away...

While my experience is most likely much different than much of anyone else's who resided at The Bradley Center, I must say that my actual stay at their facilities seemed like a wonderful dream compared to what I faced on the streets of Pittsburgh.

The majority of my stay was rather pleasant. I became stronger through these trails I endured, and more resilient due to my experiences in the system. There are many stories to be told, and lessons learned surrounding my stay with them. Ultimately it is The Bradley Center that cut me loose from the revolving door that is adolescent treatment facilities.