If you searched “Holistic Sanctuary reviews” or “Holistic Sanctuary complaints” — good. That is exactly the research a decision like this deserves, and rather than hoping you’d find scattered fragments around the internet, we built this page to hold all of it: every Yelp review, our filmed patient testimonials, documented before-and-after outcomes, and an honest section on complaints — because after fifteen years and thousands of guests, pretending everyone was delighted would insult your intelligence. And because we are a healing center rather than a conventional rehab, you’ll find our guests’ stories span more than addiction — depression, anxiety, trauma, medication dependence, and chronic conditions alike.

Read everything. Follow the links off our website and verify it independently. Then call us with the hard questions — our admissions team is told to answer all of them.

Verified Yelp Reviews

Verified Reviews

What Our Guests Say

4.9Exceptional

53 verified reviews on Yelp

Brette V.

I’d give it 11 stars if I could. This week I will celebrate 10 years clean thanks to Johnny Tabaie and his…

Erin W.

A very long search for a treatment center that would actually deliver real results for a family member ended…

Anna C.

I arrived at Johnnys clinic in need of mental, physical and spiritual help. … The team looking after you are…

Luke P.

I went to this place about 4 years ago and I have to say that it is the real deal. … Upon arrival I felt…

Esrom M.

The Holistic Sanctuary gave me the power to take control of my life and stopped my battles with addiction and…

Troy D.

I’m not going to lie, staying here for 2 months and living a totally healthy lifestyle was the hardest thing…

Kasey M.

A full service, luxury wellness center catered to YOUR specific needs! This is not a one size fits all…

Enrique M.

… benzodiazepines were taking control of my life. … The staff immediately made me feel like home and…

Reviews are our guests’ own words, shared on Yelp. Individual results vary.

At the time of writing, our guests have left 53 reviews on our primary Yelp listing, alongside dozens more five-star reviews across platforms. We link you straight to the source — because reviews you can independently verify are the only kind worth your trust.

More Guest Voices, Shared With Permission

Yelp’s automated software sets some reviews aside in a “not recommended” section that doesn’t count toward a listing’s score — every business has one, and ours holds both praise and criticism. Several guests whose reviews sit there asked that their words still be heard, and with their permission we share them below, exactly as they wrote them. Each remains publicly visible in Yelp’s filtered section, where you can read it — and everything else there — yourself.

Gio G.

I have been on a spiritual journey for the past 10 years, and I’ve attended many many plant ceremonies before coming here…

Rebecca O.

Amazing place! I felt so welcomed by people there, the staff was great! No judgement whatsoever…

Regina W.

I have been so busy enjoying life after I left this place that I totally forgot about writing a review…

Lindsay M.

This place saved my life. I had a friend who needed help so he went to the hollistic sanctuary…

Each review above remains publicly visible in Yelp’s filtered section for our listing, where you can read it — and everything else there — yourself.

In Their Own Words — Filmed Patient Testimonials

Written reviews can be doubted. Faces are harder. These are former guests, on camera, after completing their programmes — matched and verifiable on our public YouTube channel.

A former guest describes their healing journey with PTSD and long-term heroin dependence.
A former guest describes their healing journey with heroin dependence and ibogaine treatment.
A former guest describes her healing journey with heroin dependence.
A former guest describes her healing journey with multiple sclerosis and coming off her medications.
A former guest describes her healing journey and her recovery from seizures.

Documented Outcomes — Before & After

A former guest photographed the day before arrival at Holistic SanctuaryThe same former guest photographed 10 days after arrival at Holistic SanctuaryThe same former guest photographed 90 days after arrival at Holistic Sanctuary
One guest’s recovery from long-term heroin dependence, photographed the day before arrival, at 10 days and at 90 days. Individual results vary and are not guaranteed.

A note on why these photographs live here and not on our homepage: transformation is our result, not our aesthetic. The guests who come to us — executives, parents, public figures — deserve to be seen from day one as who they are, not as an archetype. We document outcomes because honesty demands it; we place them here, in the room where you’re doing your research, rather than on the front door.

About Complaints — Read This Part Especially

Search engines will happily show you “Holistic Sanctuary complaints,” so let us address it directly instead of hoping you won’t look.

In fifteen years of operation we have served thousands of guests, and not every experience has been perfect — no honest facility can claim otherwise. The complaints we have received over the years cluster around three things, and we’ll name them ourselves: our programmes are expensive; our screening declines people who want to come (and some are upset by that); and our model — no groups, no substitute medications, a strict four-to-twelve-week commitment — is demanding, and not everyone who starts it wanted what it asks. We consider two of those three features, not flaws, and the price a direct consequence of a three-to-five-guest facility with a twenty-five-person medical team. Critical reviews of us exist — on Yelp and elsewhere — and we’d rather you read them alongside everything else than pretend they don’t.

When something genuinely goes wrong, our policy is simple: we want to hear it first and directly. Any current or former guest — or their family — can reach our founder’s office through the contact page or the numbers below, and every concern gets a personal response. We do not pay for review suppression, we do not litigate reviewers, and we do not astroturf praise; the reviews above are our guests’ own words on platforms we do not control.

Questions People Ask About Our Reviews

Are these reviews real?

Yes — every review on this page links to its source on Yelp or YouTube, platforms we cannot edit. Verify each one independently; that’s why the links exist.

Does Holistic Sanctuary have complaints?

Yes, as any fifteen-year-old facility does — see the section above, where we name the common ones ourselves rather than hiding them. What we can tell you is what our internal record shows: across more than 5,000 medically supervised psychedelic ceremonies, not a single serious adverse incident.

Why aren’t you on the big rehab-review directories?

Some directories list us with outdated or incorrect information (we are actively correcting these), and many operate on pay-to-play models we don’t participate in. The sources on this page — Yelp, YouTube, and your own phone call to us — are the ones we stand behind.

Can I speak to a former guest?

Where former guests have consented to speak with prospective ones, yes — ask our admissions team.

How do I share my own experience or concern?

Guests can review us anywhere they choose; concerns come straight to us via the contact page or WhatsApp below, and receive a personal response.

Do Your Research. Then Call.

Read the reviews. Watch the videos. Google the complaints. Check our founder’s story and our published evidence pages. And when your research turns into questions no webpage can answer — that’s what the phone is for.

Call or WhatsApp: +1-323-612-9904 · Private, judgment-free, answered by a real person, 24/7

Reviews and testimonials are our guests’ own words and experiences, shared on third-party platforms. Individual results vary and are not guaranteed. Nothing on this page has been evaluated by the FDA. Holistic Sanctuary does not diagnose, treat, or cure disease. All treatment is delivered under licensed medical supervision at our facilities in Mexico.