Therapeutic Treatment Centers (Residential) & Boarding Schools
(Alphabetical by State; then International Options)
ALABAMA, Seale
Columbus Girls Academy
AGES: 14-17
GENDER: all genders
LENGTH: 9-12 months
BELIEFS: Christian
ACADEMICS: Cognia
COST: $4,800
PHONE: 334-855-1487
Columbus Girls Academy is a year-round Christian boarding school for girls ages 12 – 17. We offer a loving, relational, and affordable program just for girls with life-controlling issues. We feature a first-class school, equine therapy, spiritual support and counseling to repair behavioral issues brought on by trauma, adoption, family discord, or peer pressure.
ARIZONA, Tuscon
Springboard Home for Youth in Crisis
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: Girls
LENGTH: 3-5 months
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 520-730-4269
As part of Teen Challenge, we can help the teenage girl in your life in a more enduring way than many other programs or rehabs can. From the moment she arrives, she is welcomed into an environment where she is loved. She is encouraged to deal with the issues in her life, make significant changes, and develop new habits. It is a process of transformation. Our heart and purpose is to help every teen girl once held captive by anger, rebellion, substance use, anxiety, and/or depression to experience freedom and new purpose in life. Springboard provides short-term intervention with long-lasting results. Since 1976, the Springboard Home has provided assistance to thousands of girls and their distraught families from around the nation. Through individual, family, and group counseling, Teen Challenge curriculum, and the love of a compassionate staff, we help girls who arrive at our facility with a variety of struggles. The staff encourage the students to work through behavioral issues, drug/alcohol use, self-destructive pursuits, and life-controlling habits. Springboard students navigate through and heal from their trauma via an individual care plan in a highly structured, faith-based environment.
ARKANSAS, Little Rock
Youth Home, Inc
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: all genders
PHONE: 501-821-5500
Youth Home, Inc. offers a comprehensive array of programs for youth ages 12-17 who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, social and academic problems. We also provide outpatient services for individuals, couples and families.
★★★★★ “I highly recommend!! I can say— they’ve fought the hardest to keep insurance paying.
★★★★★ “They provide consistent consequences (like alone time to think, no books or tv. Just silence). And not once did they ever hint that my parenting was wrong or off base or didn’t believe me. I have felt so scene by the staff when it comes to our story and experiences.” - Robyn (July 2021)
FLORIDA, Lakeland
Lakeland Girls Academy
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 12-18 months
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 863-647-1944
Lakeland Girls Academy is a residential home and school specifically designed for girls who are struggling with life-controlling issues. LGA student residences, kitchen/dining, and school are located in a 10,000 square foot home-like facility on acreage nestled in a middle-class community. There are ample areas for physical activities on the property, an inter-campus athletic department, and a screened-in pool. Lakeland employs fifteen female team members and counselors, each with the appropriate education and experience suited for their roles.
FLORIDA, Orlando
National House of Hope
AGES: 13-17
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 12-18 months
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 913-262-8885
If your teen is struggling, we’re here to bring hope. The majority of our House of Hope Affiliates offers a faith-based residential, theraputic program for teens ages 13-17. These teens are facing emotional and behavioral challenges. The therapeutic program is designed to help teens who are struggling due to trauma, adoption, bullying or inappropriate motivations. House of Hope Residential Programs Include: counseling services, structured education and Christian mentoring.
FLORIDA, Tampa
National House of Hope
AGES: 0-17
GENDER: Boys & Girls
LENGTH: 12+ months
BELIEFS: Christian
COST: $1,754/mo
PHONE: 813-961-1214
If your teen is struggling, we’re here to bring hope. The majority of our House of Hope Affiliates offers a faith-based residential, theraputic program for teens ages 13-17. These teens are facing emotional and behavioral challenges. The therapeutic program is designed to help teens who are struggling due to trauma, adoption, bullying or inappropriate motivations. House of Hope Residential Programs Include: counseling services, structured education and Christian mentoring.
GEORGIA, Martin
Shephard’s Hill Academy
AGES: 12-17
RATIO: 5:01
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 706-779-5766
Right now, you’re likely struggling with frustration, anger, fear, confusion, anxiety, guilt, and even failure. Beth and I understand. But let us at least help quell the guilt and failure for you. First, you can’t be guilty for your child’s free will. And the fact that you’re seeking help for your child is evidence that you are certainly not a failure. Choosing therapeutic residential care for your teenager is likely the toughest decision you will ever make as a parent. The toxicity of our culture and the proliferation of digital technology have teamed up to make it tougher than ever for even the best parents to feel successful these days. Understanding our times and knowing what to do is much of the “How” and “Why” behind Shepherd’s Hill Academy’s unique and successful approach to the healing and restoration of teens and families. We want to offer that to you.
IDAHO, Garden Valley
Project Patch Youth Ranch
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: all genders
LENGTH: 12-15 months
BELIEFS: Christian
POPULATION: 36
RATIO: 8:01
PHONE: 208-462-0111
Project Patch continues to operate our Youth Program while following protocols from the CDC, State of Idaho, and The Joint Commission. Our clients continue to participate in individual and group therapy, school, recreation, and work. Admission for new clients continues through our modified intake and orientation program. We offer a Girls Program, Boys Program and a Family Program.
Hope House provides a home for approximately forty-eight young people under the age of eighteen and a number of young adults with disabilities who have grown up at Hope House. In addition to approximately 23 full-time and part-time live-in staff and volunteers, the children’s needs are met by state-certified teachers, licensed professional counselors, sports coaches, and volunteer grandparents. Hope House is a family and all the children who join our family — whether they stay several months or remain for years — learn to live, love, and share as a family.
INDIANA, Wabash
Compass Rose
AGES: 14-17
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 9-12 months
BELIEFS: Christian
COST: $12,500/mo
PHONE: 260-569-4757
At Compass Rose, we believe every girl who needs healing should feel supported on her journey. We are honored to fill the role we do for parents — to be that last hope when all else has failed. With the A PLACE TO GROW campaign, Compass Rose built a new and entirely autonomous campus to serve more students and families. We are in the process of adding three additional homes to be able to serve more families in 2022. We believe, by changing the trajectory of one girl’s life, we have the opportunity to have a multigenerational impact. Visit our website to learn more about A PLACE TO GROW.
KANSAS, Overland Park
House of Hope
AGES: 13-17
GENDER: Girls-only
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 913-262-8885
House of Hope Kansas City is a Christian-based nonprofit organization providing a two-fold mission that includes (1) a comprehensive residential treatment program for hurting teenage girls, and (2) a Family Counseling Center that serves teenage boys and girls and their families. Affiliated with the National House of Hope, our licensed residential group home for teenage girls 13 through 17 includes an onsite school, accredited through the Basehor-Linwood (KS) School District, and intentional parent support from trained social workers. Throughout the program, our residents experience the transforming power of love and are equipped with tools to overcome negative influences and past trauma as they rebuild relationships with their parents. We serve families all over the Kansas City area and the Midwest region through our residential program. Our Counseling Center is equipped with Clinically-trained, Biblically-informed licensed counselors who provide services to teenage boys, teenage girls, and their families in the Kansas City area. House of Hope Kansas City is unique, because we work with teens and their parents to find solutions, and ultimately, restoration of healthy family relationships.
KENTUCKY, Jackson
Oakdale Christian Academy
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: all genders
BELIEFS: Christian
COST: $1,850/mo
PHONE: 606-693-4802
We are among the lowest-priced boarding schools in America. Oakdale was the first boarding school in America accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). Founded nearly 100 years ago, the school’s mission is to introduce young people to a life of purpose, through discovering a more vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ. Oakdale is a Christ-centered academic and boarding school serving middle school and high school boys and girls in grades 7-12. That remains the driving commitment today.
MASSACHUSETTS, Buzzards Bay
Bloom, a Place for Girls
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 3-5 months
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 855-404-HOPE
A Place for Girls is a short-term, Adult & Teen Challenge for girls program in a home-like setting dedicated to helping teen girls, youth ages 12-17, and their families through difficult times. We offer a 3-5 month, faith-based residential program where girls can come into a safe environment and experience help, hope and freedom. Through Biblical Counseling, Christian curriculum and compassionate 24/7 care, each girl is given an opportunity at a fresh start!
MISSISSIPPI, Tupelo
Tupelo Children’s Mansion
GRADES: K-12
GENDER: all genders
LENGTH: short term
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 662-842-6982
Our mission is to offer hope through the love of Jesus Christ to orphaned or disadvantaged children by providing their physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and educational needs... contributing to their health, security and happiness, and equipping them to lead productive lives. Founded in 1953, the Mansion is recognized as one of the oldest and most trusted organizations of its kind. Our beautiful campus spans 40 acres with 27 buildings including: residence halls and staff housing, a Christian school, gymnasium, and an on-campus church. Our caregivers, including social workers and counselors, have the experience, training and educational background to properly care for our children. Our other dedicated staff spans departments of administration, sponsor relations, food service, maintenance, and other support services.
MISSOURI, Independence
Shelterwood Academy
AGES: 13-18
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 6-9 months
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 816-357-5350
EMAIL: admissions@shelterwood.org
Being a teenager has never been easy. While each generation of teens face problems, cell phone and social media use has compounded issues for many of today’s teens. From rising technological addiction to substance abuse to anxiety, depression and other issues, many teens are struggling. This also means many families are struggling to know how to support their kids – often leading to painful cycles of anger and frustration. At Shelterwood, we love families. Since 1980, we have been committed to walking alongside teens and their families on the path to healing. The term “Shelterwood” describes a forestry technique in which older, stronger trees shelter and protect younger trees on the forest floor until they stand, grow and thrive on their own. In the same way, in our relational model, teens are surrounded by a community, including mentors, therapists, and teachers who provide a safe place for them to heal, grow and flourish.
MONTANA, Boise
Boise Girls Academy
AGES: 13-17
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 18 months
POPULATION: 20
BELIEFS: Christian
ACADEMICS: Lighthouse Christian Academy
PHONE: 208-546-0832
Boise Girls Academy is a Christian boarding school uniquely equipped to help struggling teen girls who are spiraling out of control. We are a 15-month residential Christian boarding school with a unique approach. Because we have a small student base, we have a more hands-on, relational approach. We also have behind us the strength of Teen Challenge, with more than 50 years of history helping people with risky behaviors find freedom through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
PENNSYLVANIA, York (Glen Rock)
House of Hope
AGES: 13-17
GENDER: Girls-only
BELIEFS: Christian
EMAIL: info@houseofhopeyork.org
PHONE: 717-235-3198
www.houseofhopeyork.org
In 2012, we started our non-profit organization, House of Hope. Our residential home provides hope healing and restoration to hurting teen girls and their families through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Helping people heal their hearts and guide them to restoration has always been our goal. Our beautiful residential home houses up to 6 girls at a time and is staffed 24 hours. Our residents will work through our 6 structured phases of healing and attend our on-site private Hope Academy. Our services include: 24-hour-day adult supervision in a loving environment through six phases of healing, weekly individual and group counseling sessions for the teens and their families, weekly counseling sessions for parents, weekly parenting classes, individualized educational program for each teen, life skills programs, intensive individual counseling, parental, family and group counseling, strong spiritual guidance designed to heal broken family relationships which include six phases of counseling. The teen and their family have both separate and combined counseling sessions.
TENNESSEE, Nashville
Mercy Multiplied
AGES: 13-32
GENDER: Girls-only
PHONE: 615-831-6987
Mercy Multiplied’s Christian residential counseling program helps young women ages 13-32 from across the United States. The residential program is voluntary, biblically-based, and through our generous donors, it is completely free-of-charge. Our goal is to help residents permanently stop destructive cycles, discover purpose for their lives, and experience God’s unconditional love, forgiveness, and life-transforming power.
Meridell Achievement Center is a residential treatment center that specializes in behavioral and neurobehavioral programs for adolescents. We strive to help youths find successful outcomes and continued success after discharge.
“My RAD went to Meridell Achievement Center in Austin, TX and I would recommend them. They did amazing tackling the RAD and had good family therapy sessions. She came home with clear behavioral expectations and until recently had been doing really well. At some point it falls down to the child’s willingness to put in the effort and this is where we are having the trouble.” - Heidi (July 2021)
TEXAS, Austin
River View Christian Academy
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: Girls-only
PHONE: 530-472-1980
River View Christian Academy is a fully accredited, private Christian residential boarding school. Our school is designed to educate our students in all areas of life to prepare them for their future. Our boarding school encourages students, ages 12-17, who have struggled academically due to negative influences or behavior. One of the most important aspects of redirecting a teen who is struggling is for them to be in an environment that is structured with a routine schedule that they can count on.
TEXAS, Hallsville
Heartlight Ministries
AGES: 12-18
GENDER: Boys & Girls
LENGTH: 9-12 months
STUDENTS: 50
STAFF: 40
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 903-668-2173
Since our humble beginning in 1988, Heartlight has become the country’s premier residential counseling center and boarding school for struggling teens. Located on 150 acres in the beautiful piney woods outside of Longview, Texas, Heartlight is a program that not only modifies behavior, but one that seeks to offer a unique, transformative journey through a relational experience that offers counseling, small group therapy, academics, & activities. Heartlight’s boutique approach creates a warm and welcoming atmosphere that offers hope to the hopeless, help to the discouraged, and new life to those who fear theirs would soon be lost. Parents are an integral part of the Heartlight experience. Their involvement through phone calls, participation at retreats, and commitment to having their child finish the program all work together for a promising return home.
TEXAS, Whiteface
Girlstown USA
AGES: 12-18
GENDER: Girls-only
LENGTH: 18mo - Long-term
BELIEFS: Christian
PHONE: 800-687-3722
Cal Farley's Girlstown, U.S.A. prepares adolescent girls to become responsible family members and successful adults by providing a family-style, Christ-centered environment supporting each girl's total development. Although needing structure and supervision, The residents function in an open environment and community without extended periods of intense individual supervision. The staff works with each girl's entire family unit to develop healthy, positive relationships. The girls range in age from 12 to 18 and usually come from an area within 500 miles of the campus, located eight miles south of Whiteface, Texas (west of Lubbock). Girls may remain at Girlstown for as short as one year or through high school graduation, depending on when goals she and her family have set are successfully achieved. Youths receive medical, optical, dental and emergency services as needed. Last year, Girlstown cared for 84 girls in residence, with the average length of stay for high school graduates more than four years and approximately one-and-a-half years for the others.
UTAH, Cedar City
Havenwood Academy
AGES: 12-18
GENDER: Girls-only
CONTACT: Ken Huey
PHONE: 435-586-2500
Havenwood Academy is a long-term residential treatment center that specializes in treating young women and their families who are struggling with complex trauma and attachment related issues. Our holistic approach to treatment includes specialized therapies, experiential opportunities, accredited education, life-skills programming and more. We work to pair our cutting-edge trauma treatment with creative funding sources to help young women who might not otherwise received help.
★★★★★ “Their program is specifically geared to RAD teen girls. They get it!” - Alicia (July 2021)
UTAH, Parowan
Life Quest Girls Academy
AGES: 13-18
GENDER: Girls-only
PHONE: 435-590-1472
Offering a new approach to a boarding school, Life Quest propels teenage girls (ages 13-18) beyond the traditional classroom into promising academic success and a rich vocational future. Whether transitioning out of residential or wilderness programs, or directly enrolled from home, we help each student identify and begin to take advantage of her unique strengths, talents, and abilities.
UTAH, Koosharem
Sorenson’s Ranch School
AGES: 12-18
LENGTH: 12 months
PHONE: 888-830-4802
Sorenson’s Ranch School is a privately owned and operated therapeutic boarding school and residential treatment facility that has provided services to students 12 to 18 for over 30 years. The school is accredited through the Northwest Accreditation Commission, The Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and The Utah Department of Human Services. The School's philosophy is that all children are potential successes if given the right options. Our mission is to help all students stabilize and recreate their lives while acquiring skills and tools necessary to their future. The Sorenson methodology centers around consistency and firmness delivered with love and care. The school aims to help young people function successfully both with their parents and in society. Sorenson's finds its "big wilderness" setting conducive to its goal of redirecting troubled youth. Clinical services are provided under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional. Qualified professionals conduct all psychotherapy services. The client participates in individual, family, and group therapy according to needs as outlined in the multi-disciplinary team treatment plan.
JAMAICA, Spring Gardens, St. Catherine
Youth of Vision Academy
AGES: 8-18
GENDER: all genders
PHONE: 876-777-7041
The Youth of Vision Academy (YOVA) is a private Christian boarding school established to provide educational, therapeutic and behavioral services to children and young adolescents in a safe and nurturing environment. YOVA aims to empower, equip, and educate youth to make positive life-changing decisions through the development of the physical, mental, social, and spiritual faculties.
Mexico, Tijuana
Sunset Bay Academy
AGES: 12-17
GENDER: all genders
BELIEFS: Multi-Faith
PHONE: 800-724-2147
We help teens aging from 12 to 17 years of age that have fallen out of the right path. During adolescence, risky behaviors, drug experimentation, looking for social acceptance and losing interest for school is expected. But even though it’s expected that most teens will experience some of this situations on a minor or major level, the consequences of this experiences can be developing an addiction, an unwanted pregnancy, delaying or losing academic progress, or legal problems that could affect the rest of their lives.