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About the Life Healing Center of Santa Fe
Staffing Ratio:
- # of Therapists to # of Clients: 1:3
- # of Day/ Evening Counselor Aides to # of Clients: 1:7
- # of Overnight Counselor Aides to # of Clients: 1:16
Staff on grounds:
- Staff members are on grounds at all times. We provide 24 hour/7 days a week supervision, monitoring, and care.
Licensing and Credentials of Therapists:
- Masters level therapists, as well as certified Alcoholism/Drug Abuse counselors, all licensed by the State of New Mexico.
Size of Therapist case load:
- Therapists have on average only three (3) primary clients at one time.
Individual Therapy:
- 1 to 1 sessions two (2) times per week with Primary Therapist.
- 1 to 1 sessions, as clinically indicated, with our Chemical Dependency Specialists, Eating Disorder Specialists, Dietitian, Sex Addiction Specialists, Art/Expressive Arts Therapists, EMDR Practitioners, Body-centered Psychotherapists, and Spiritual Counselor.
- Individual psychiatric evaluation and medication consult with one of our Staff Psychiatrists within first 48 hours of admission.
- No extra charges for any of these services.
Number of Program days per week:
- Primary Program operates 24 hours/day, 7 days /week.
- Day Program operates 8:00-5:00 Mon.-Fri.
Therapy Groups:
- Most therapy groups are co-facilitated.
- Average size of groups:
- Core Groups: 8-10
- Other Groups: 8-16
- Over 40 hours of group therapy per week (not including 12 Step and Other Self-Help Meetings)
Specific Therapy Groups:
- Trauma Recovery: 10 hrs./week (including 2 hrs. of Art Therapy)
- Chemical Dependency Recovery: 2 hrs./week
- Eating Disorders Recovery: 2 hrs./week
- Sex /Love Addiction Recovery:
- Gender specific: Men - 1 hr./week - Women - 2 hrs./week
- Co-ed groups: 2 hrs./week
- Co-Dependency Recovery: 3 hrs./week
- All Community All Recovery: 3 hrs./week
- DBT Skills + Diary Review: 4 hrs./week
- Anger Work: 2 hrs./week
- Body Awakening: 2 hrs./week
- Co-ed Body Image: 2 hrs./week
- Women's Wellness: 1 hr./week
- Men's Issues: 1 hr./week
- Grief and Loss: 2 hrs./week
- Spirituality: 3 hrs./week
- Weekend Process: 3 hrs./week
- Weekend Expressive Arts: 2 ½ hrs./week
The Family Weekend:
- Three (3) day family program for clients and their loved ones (at an additional fee)
12-Step Meetings:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Overeaters/Anorexics/Bulimics Anonymous
- Co-Dependents Anonymous
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
- Al-Anon
- Sex Addicts Anonymous
- Emotions Anonymous
- Adult Children of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Gamblers Anonymous
Meetings are offered both on campus and in the Santa Fe community to which we provide transportation.
Other Services:
Psychiatrists:
- Beyond the initial evaluation, our Staff Psychiatrists are available, as needed, for on-going consultation and follow-up sessions at an additional charge.
Body Work and Equine Therapy:
- Transportation to a state-of-the-art fitness facility is provided six (6) times per week. There is no additional cost for this service.
- Massage Therapy is available by massage therapists trained to work with trauma survivors. These services are offered on campus at an additional cost averaging $60.00/hr.
- Yoga is offered five (5) times per week on campus at no extra charge.
- Acupuncture is available, at an additional cost, on campus.
- Equine Psychotherapy is offered, when clinically appropriate, at an additional charge.
Career Counseling:
- Career counseling is available, when clinically appropriate, at an additional fee.
Admissions:
- There is no charge for the initial telephone assessment or for the admission process.
Transportation:
- Upon arrival, an LHC Staff member picks up each client at the airport, as well as transports each client to the airport at the time of discharge.
- Transportation is provided to off-campus appointments/meetings, e.g. doctors, dentists, 12-Step meetings, church, and community outings. There is no extra charge for this service.
