You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
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You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.
Align helps teenage boys in grades 9-12 who are navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, substance use addiction, difficulty with traditional school settings, and family conflict or behavioral issues. This dual-diagnosis residential program doubles as a therapeutic boarding school—so clinical healing and academic progress happen together. Their campus is a setting where bright, stuck teens rebuild confidence, catch up in school, and start to breathe again.
At Align Adolescent Recovery, treatment is a steady, relational path that meets each student where he is and helps him grow in every direction. Recovery is the foundation, and from there they build holistically with evidence-based therapy, 12-Step support, and experiential learning. They provide education with an on-site high school, turning feelings of stress around academics into self-confidence. They treat every student as capable—because he is—and they unlock that potential with clear expectations and patience. Families are involved too, repairing trust so change can happen at home.
On a 100-acre ranch just outside Tucson, Align’s campus is set beneath wide skies, with horse trails winding through it. Daily life at treatment blends wellness and real-world challenges: cold plunge and sauna sessions paired with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) meditation to calm the nervous system; then sports, a fully-equipped fitness center, and time on the skate park, batting cages, soccer, and volleyball courts. Adventure abounds here—with paintball on-campus, rock climbing, and hiking—so teens practice resilience while they heal. The shared living space feels homey and has an intimate, family feel.
Aftercare at Align is about making life post-treatment feel doable and hopeful. Long before graduation, the family unit starts building a step-down plan that fits real life. When it’s time to launch, Align helps students choose the right next step—whether it’s heading home with a clear structure, continuing in their transitional living partner Pivot, or layering in outpatient care. The team coordinates the handoffs, so everyone leaves with a concrete roadmap and people who already know the student.
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Therapeutic Location
Wellness Emphasis
Adolescents
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
Patrick Barrasso
CEO/Co-Founder
LCSW
Betsy Barrasso
Co-Founder
Tony Barrasso
Chief Operating Officer
MPA, LMS, MA
Tiffany Barrasso-Gallego
Academy Admissions Director, Clinical Director
LCSW
Sarah Mota
Medical Director
DNP
Tommy Wiertel
Equine Instructor
Luke Hamilton
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
DNP, PMHNP-BC
Kayla Sloan
Primary Therapist
LMSW, LASAC
Kala Phelps
Academics Director
M.Ed.
Stephanie Thomas
Special Education & English Teacher
MS
Peter Doyle
Program Director
MS, LASAC
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
This experiential approach uses the physical and emotional challenges of outdoor activities as tools for personal growth.
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Compulsive gaming is most often a problem for children and teens. The disorder can affect physical health, sleep, and the ability to focus at school.
Internet addiction is common among children teens. This compulsive disorder can damage relationships, school performance, sleep habits, and physical health.
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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