About San Cristobal Academy

Thank you for visiting the San Cristobal Academy website and your interest in exploring our therapeutically unique and highly successful program for troubled young adult men ages 17 to 25. Our results-driven approach is best known for its focus on helping young men learn how to live successfully without the need for drugs/alcohol, all while building a solid foundation of life skills and abilities providing each student with a sense of accomplishment and positive momentum. At the core, each young man must gain a strong sense of being personally capable, have a sense of significance and being part of something bigger than themselves, gain a feeling that they can and should be accountable for their lives and actions, develop self-knowledge and ability to interpret and control their emotions, improve interpersonal skills (communication, cooperation, negotiation, listening, empathizing,), and overall systemic skills or learning to live and respond effectively to limits, boundaries and natural consequences.

The Academy is based just outside Taos, New Mexico on a beautiful ranch property in the foothills of the Santa de Cristo Mountains. The Taos area is a special, unique, and powerful place known for its culture and rich heritage with Native American Indians, the Spanish and Anglos all calling this special land… home. For generations, people have migrated here to heal, think, create, express themselves, and find new ways of “being.” There’s something soothing and peaceful in the stunning bright-orange sunsets, the crystal clear air, and the unending blue sky, that provides the staff at San Cristobal Academy with the most powerful canvas for change found anywhere in the world.

The families and young men that we serve often come to us with a complex mix of needs, wants, and desires. The majority of our “students” have some or all of the following symptoms or characteristics:

• Abusing drugs and alcohol
• School failure or declining school performance
• Choosing the “wrong” friends
• Depression, low self-esteem or confidence
• Legal issues
• Isolation and withdrawal
• Defiance towards authority
• Emotional and behavioral issues
• No sense of future or direction
• Low motivation

The San Cristobal program offers a proven, reliable, well-researched methodology for helping young men and their families find real answers to the kind of issues listed above. Our approach is designed using a 12-month minimum, multi-phased, step-down methodology with highly individualized treatment programs designed for each young man by our expert clinical staff headed by Dr. Linda Salvucci. The cornerstones of our work include drug and alcohol treatment, therapeutic assessment and counseling, academic planning/support, and transitional living skills. Every lesson taught is directed at helping students learn life skills, develop good character, respect and concern for others, problem solving, critical thinking skills, personal accountability, community contribution, and cooperation.

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