St. Christophers Addiction Wellness Center

What St. Christophers Addiction Wellness Center does

St. Christopher's Addiction Wellness Center is a privately held, clinician-owned addiction treatment provider founded in 1998 and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The company operates a single residential campus and delivers a full continuum of care for adult men with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, including alcohol, opioid, heroin, prescription drug, stimulant, benzodiazepine, and polysubstance use, alongside trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, ADHD, anger, and codependency issues. Services span medical detox, long-term residential treatment organized into three progressive chapters (Tenacity, Excellence, Passion for Recovery), intensive outpatient programming, extended care, sober living, family programming, and post-treatment clinical monitoring. Treatment is built on a 12-Step foundation combined with evidence-based modalities including CBT, DBT, trauma-informed care, and biofeedback, and is delivered under one CARF-accredited organizational umbrella.

The business model is insurance-reimbursement based, with the company accepting most major commercial insurance plans and offering free benefit verification and financing through MyTreatmentLender.com for coverage gaps. Treatment lengths of 90 days to 8 months drive substantial per-client revenue and create differentiated clinical positioning versus standard 30-day programs. Go-to-market is sales-led through a 24/7 admissions phone line, online insurance verification, professional referral relationships with EAPs, case managers, hospital social workers, and interventionists, and an active alumni community that generates testimonial-driven top-of-funnel demand. Primary customer segments are adult men with substance use disorders and their families; secondary segments are professional referral sources across Louisiana and the Gulf South. The company is led by CEO Brandy Price Klingman and COO Zach Knippenberg, with medical detox supervised by board-certified addictionologist Dr. Jose Artecona. Reported outcomes include 88% of clients maintaining 90+ days sobriety and a one-year sobriety rate cited as 20x the national average.

Name

St. Christophers Addiction Wellness Center

Legal name

St. Christopher's Addiction Wellness Center

Website

https://addictionwellness.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

St. Christopher's Addiction Wellness Center is a CARF-accredited, clinician-owned men's addiction treatment provider in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, delivering a full continuum of long-term care from medical detox through sober living for adults across the Gulf South region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction Treatment Services

NAICS

Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Substance Use Rehabilitation (Inpatient Rehab) (HLAFACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Detoxification Centers (Medical Detox) (HLAFACAD), Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC), Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

Keywords

• Addiction treatment services
• Residential substance abuse treatment
• Medical detox programs
• Behavioral health services
• Intensive outpatient treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Residential Treatment Services: Long-term residential addiction treatment programs. Revenue generated through insurance reimbursement from major commercial insurance providers and private pay. Treatment lengths of 90 days to 8 months create substantial per-client revenue.
2. Insurance Reimbursement: Accepts most major commercial insurance plans. Admissions team verifies benefits directly with insurance providers. Coverage includes medical detox, residential treatment, intensive outpatient programming, extended care, and co-occurring disorder treatment.
3. Treatment Financing: Partnership with MyTreatmentLender.com for treatment financing options available to qualified clients who have gaps in insurance coverage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St. Christopher's Addiction Wellness Center provides a full continuum of long-term addiction treatment services for men, including medical detox, three-chapter residential treatment, extended care, intensive outpatient programming, sober living, family programming, and aftercare clinical monitoring. The model is clinician-owned, CARF-accredited, and combines 12-Step philosophy with evidence-based clinical modalities (CBT, DBT, trauma-informed care, biofeedback) plus an integrated physical wellness program.

Product overview

St. Christopher's Addiction Wellness Center offers a comprehensive continuum of addiction treatment services specifically designed for men. The organization provides a full spectrum of care organized into distinct but interconnected programs: Medical Detox (supervised withdrawal management), Residential Treatment Chapters (three-phase long-term inpatient program), Extended Care (transitional long-term treatment), Intensive Outpatient Program (flexible outpatient care), Family Program (structured family involvement), Wellness Center (integrated physical health programming), Aftercare & Clinical Monitoring (ongoing post-treatment support), and Sober Living (transitional housing). All programs are fully integrated within a single CARF-accredited organization, enabling clients to move through their entire recovery journey while maintaining continuity of care and community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wellness Center: Physical recovery and wellness programming including fitness, nutrition, sleep hygiene, biofeedback, and holistic healing integrated into residential treatment.
• Recovery Home

Products and services

• Medical Detox Medically supervised detoxification program that safely manages withdrawal symptoms for substances including alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, and stimulants. Supervised by Dr. Jose Artecona with 24-hour nursing care. Designed for men entering addiction treatment at St. Christopher's.
• Residential Treatment Chapters Long-term inpatient addiction treatment organized into three progressive chapters (Tenacity, Excellence, Passion for Recovery) with immersive clinical care, trauma-informed treatment, and structured recovery community. Typically runs 90 days to 8 months. Designed for men seeking long-term recovery from substance use disorders.
• Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Flexible outpatient treatment providing individual therapy, group counseling, family therapy, and medication management for men transitioning from residential care or seeking primary treatment while maintaining daily responsibilities.
• Extended Care Long-term treatment phase between primary residential and sober living, providing continued clinical programming with increasing autonomy. Focuses on deeper therapeutic work, practical life skills, and real-world reintegration. Typically lasts 90 days to 8 months.
• Family Program Structured family involvement including monthly three-day workshops, weekly virtual support groups, family therapy sessions, and monthly family alumni groups led by Micha Matherne, LCSW. Designed for parents, spouses, siblings, and adult children of men in treatment.
• Wellness Center Integrated physical wellness programming directed by Travis Weisbrod, including personalized fitness training five days per week, nutritional evaluation and meal planning, sleep hygiene support, biofeedback, yoga, guided meditation, and recreational sports leagues. Available to men in residential treatment.
• Aftercare & Clinical Monitoring Ongoing post-treatment support including scheduled clinical check-ins, progress evaluations, drug and alcohol screenings, continued therapy, psychiatric follow-up, medication management, and alumni programming. Designed for men who have completed formal treatment at St. Christopher's.
• Sober Living Structured, substance-free transitional housing for men who have completed formal treatment, offering peer community, accountability, continued clinical access, employment support, and 12-Step meeting integration while preparing for independent living.

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% of clients who follow treatment plans achieve at least 90 days of sobriety
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Summit Behavioral Health: Multi-state addiction and mental health treatment operator offering residential, detox, and outpatient services; competes in the same long-term residential SUD segment with similar referral-driven GTM.
• Caron Treatment Centers: Nonprofit addiction treatment provider offering long-term residential, medical detox, and family programs; highly comparable in clinical philosophy, length-of-stay approach, and CARF-equivalent accreditation standards.
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: Nationally recognized nonprofit addiction treatment provider offering residential, outpatient, and family programs with strong clinical reputation; directly comparable in long-stay residential model and emphasis on outcomes.
• Gateway Foundation: Nonprofit addiction treatment provider operating residential, outpatient, and recovery homes across multiple states; comparable continuum-of-care structure and CARF-accredited clinical standards.
• Promises Behavioral Health: Multi-location addiction treatment operator offering residential, detox, IOP, and sober living; directly competes in the long-stay, evidence-based residential segment with similar clinical positioning.
• Lakeview Health: Residential and outpatient addiction treatment provider focused on long-term recovery with co-occurring disorder programming; comparable clinical model, length of stay, and integrated wellness approach.

Regional players

• Cumberland Heights: Tennessee-based nonprofit addiction treatment provider with residential, IOP, and family programs; comparable long-term 12-Step integrated clinical model and regional nonprofit positioning.
• Bradford Health Services: Southeast US-based addiction treatment provider with residential, outpatient, and recovery services; highly comparable as a regional operator in adjacent geography to St. Christopher's Gulf South footprint.

Broad incumbents

• American Addiction Centers: Publicly traded multi-state operator of residential and outpatient addiction treatment facilities; comparable core offering across the full SUD continuum with significantly larger geographic footprint than St. Christopher's.
• Acadia Healthcare: Publicly traded behavioral health operator with a substantial residential treatment and psychiatric hospital portfolio; serves overlapping SUD populations at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/St.Christophers.BR
• Instagraminstagram.com/stcaddiction

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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