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

Our Philosophy

When unhealthy patterns of dealing with those life issues (lying, selfishness, deceitfulness, manipulation, entitlement, depression, lack of motivation, disrespect for authority, confusion) are present, Heartlight offers a safe and encouraging short-term living environment specifically designed to bring about a change in the teenager’s thinking and actions.

Our philosophy entails a biblical counseling approach with five levels of achievement. Each teenager is involved in activities that support the individual through individual and group counseling and 24/7 mentoring. Each of our staff understands that the security and significance we all seek can be found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, who desires to fill those empty chasms of life and give meaning, purpose, and direction to our life.

A Word About Corporal Punishment

Simply put, Heartlight does not condone, participate in, or inflict corporal punishment (any form of inflicting pain or physical deprivation) on the teenagers in its care. Our policy reflects our belief that corporal punishment is counter to efforts to build relationships for the purpose of correcting unhealthy patterns of inappropriate behavior. Instead, we have learned that a more effective and teachable form of discipline entails the loss of certain privileges and added chores for the errant resident. When chores are added, Heartlight staff participate along with the resident, using it as an opportunity to relate.



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.