Christian boarding schools and other therapeutic boarding school options and residential programs for troubled teens, boys and girls, with teen counseling.

Admission Process

The first step is to inquire, either online or by phone at 903-668-2173. Please do this before sending in any forms. We will then call you to discuss our program, the costs and so forth. If Heartlight is not a good fit for your child, we will immediately direct you to other reputable programs that may be more appropriate for your child and your family finances.

If after talking to our admissions staff it appears that your teenager may be a good candidate for the Heartlight program, we will need detailed explanation of the teenager’s current situation and background information as a next step. This can be submitted via our online application forms.

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These forms, along with any other psychological or counseling reports, are helpful in providing an accurate perspective of the present and past problems that are contributing to the need for your teenager being placed in an alternative living environment.

The 3-form packet includes a Medical History Form and the Adolescent Application. Please fax, e-mail or mail the 3 documents to Heartlight as soon as possible, along with a picture of your teenager.

An interview will then be scheduled for you to visit Heartlight, so you can meet the staff, and we can meet both you and your teenager. Heartlight needs to make an adequate assessment of the information concerning your teenager prior to your Heartlight visit, which is why the interview on campus is required. Much can be learned by our staff counselors from intereacting with you and your teenager face to face.

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We can also help you find a great Christian program that is near you,
and in line with your budget and your child’s needs. There is no charge.

Heartlight operates on a first come, first served basis when filling vacancies, so your promptness in sending material back to us, and setting up an interview, is paramount.

Please contact our Director of Admissions if you have any questions. Know that there are a number of folks here that are praying for God’s direction about being involved with you in this current situation.



Christian residential schools and behavioral therapy for troubled teens with teen counseling to improve behavior problems of teenagers struggling with anger, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attention deficit, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance abuse, depression, reactive attachment disorder (RAD), intermittent explosive disorder (IED), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, self-harm, or rebellion.

THERAPEUTIC BOARDING SCHOOLS AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR TROUBLED TEENS, BOYS OR GIRLS.

Heartlight's therapeutic schools provide troubled teens with the help and counseling troubled teens need. It gives time for the whole family to heal. Everyone can then look past the anger and teenage rebellion to focus on the troubled teenager's healing. Our Christian residential schools serve Texas, California, Oregon and Washington on the West Coast and Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Nevada in the Southwest, from Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in the Central States, from Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Idaho in the north, and from Georgia, Florida, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey along the east coast. Teens come to Heartlight from throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Heartlight is a Christian boarding school with loving and relational behavioral
therapy for troubled teens; a therapeutic boarding school for
girls and therapeutic boarding school for boys.