Our Team
Lived experience is the credential we lead with, and every clinician behind it is master’s level. You get one therapist and you keep him the whole way down.
- A primary therapist, seen twice a week, kept as you step down
- Master’s level clinicians trained in trauma-focused work
- A medical director, with psychiatric care managed on site
- Direct access to the founder, which alumni raise most
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We work with TRICARE West, BCBS, Cigna,
Aetna and UnitedHealthcare
We do not accept Medicare or Medicaid
Who built this
Leadership
The two who built it, the board, and the person who talks to referring providers.
Founder
Brendan McDonough
Lookout for the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the only member of the crew to survive the Yarnell Hill Fire. Came through grief, post-traumatic stress and alcohol, and built Holdfast out of it.
- Granite Mountain Hotshots
- Author, My Lost Brothers
CEO & Co-Founder
Tim Hayden
Co-author of NeuroFaith™ and eighteen years leading teams at global software companies before turning that to breaking the stigma of addiction inside the Church.
- Co-author, NeuroFaith™
- BA Business, Mount Vernon Nazarene
Director of Clinical Outreach
Lance Haney
Builds the referral relationships between Holdfast, AnchorPoint and the providers, clinicians, churches and community organizations that send men here. At Holdfast since 2022.
- Clinical outreach
- Referral networks
- Discharge planning
Board of Directors
Jason White
Ten years sober, active in a 12-step community, and on the board. Found faith in a maximum-security prison after most of his youth and adulthood in institutions.
- Board of Directors
- Lived experience
Who you will meet
The Clinical Team
The people you will actually work with while you are here.
Clinical Director
Julie Nave, MA, LPC
Over 25 years in behavioral health, mental health counseling and addiction recovery. Provides clinical leadership across both programs, and has been independently licensed in Arizona since 2004.
- LPC, Arizona since 2004
- DBT certified
- MA Counseling, NAU
Medical Director
Donald R. Middleton Jr., DO
Board-certified physician, two decades in family practice and the last eight in addiction medicine. National chairman of addiction medicine for the Christian Medical & Dental Association.
- Board certified, DO
- 8 years addiction medicine
- CMDA national chair, addiction medicine
Licensed Professional Counselor
Mark Branson
A licensed professional counselor in Arizona, working with complex trauma and its effects: post-traumatic stress, substance use, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life transitions. In human services since 1994.
- LPC, Arizona
- EMDR
- CBT/CPT
- Polyvagal informed
Therapist
Mallory Mikel, M.S., LAAC
Works with addiction and trauma, combining lived experience with clinical training. Master’s in Addiction Counseling from Grand Canyon University, and at Holdfast since relocating to Prescott in 2024.
- LAAC
- MS Addiction Counseling, GCU
- Lived experience
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Ray Hamilton, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C
Dual-certified family and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, with more than a decade across integrated health systems, addiction treatment, inpatient detox and outpatient psychiatric care.
- DNP
- PMHNP-BC
- FNP-C
Group Facilitator and Family Liaison
Chelsea Radcliffe
Runs process groups and works with the families. Over five years in substance use and behavioral health, and the person a wife or a mother is most likely to end up speaking to.
- Process groups
- Internal Family Systems
- Family work
Around the program
Program and Support
The people running the campus, the resilience work and the alumni community.
Director of Resilience
Robert “Bobby” Figueroa
Twenty years in the US Army, beginning as a combat medic with the 173rd Airborne and retiring as a Special Forces Operations Sergeant. Runs the physical and mental resilience work.
- US Army, 20 years
- Special Forces
- Combat medic
Behavioral Health Technician and Alumni Coordinator
Peter Olney
Came through this program himself. Completed a ninety-day inpatient stay and six months of continued care at Holdfast, and now runs the alumni side of it.
- Alumni coordinator
- Lived experience
Facility Manager
Elliot Shine
Grew up in Bakersfield and was using by fifteen. Came through addiction, repeated arrests and the loss of his brother, and now runs the campus the men live and work on.
- Lived experience
Behavioral Health Technician
Mallory White
Treatment Service Navigator
Ezequiel “Zeek” Terraza
Usually the first person you speak to. Navigates the call, the benefits check and the handover into treatment, in English or Spanish.
- Bilingual, English and Spanish
- BS, University of Arizona
- Admissions
- Who will I actually work with?
- A primary therapist, assigned to you, seen twice a week individually and kept as you step down through the levels. That continuity is the thing men notice most against previous treatment, and it is why the clinical team matters more than the building does.
- Are the clinicians licensed?
- Yes. Every clinician is master’s level and trained in trauma-focused work, there is a medical director, and a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner handles prescribing and tapering on site.
- Are they all Christians?
- Many are, and it is not a condition of the clinical work. The faith side of the program is taught rather than performed, and the therapy is therapy. More on how the two fit together on NeuroFaith™.
- Do I get access to the founder?
- Men in the program do, which is unusual and is the thing alumni raise most often. Brendan’s story is the reason the program treats trauma before anything else.
Insurance
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Reviewed by the Men Who Did the Work
98 reviews on Google
I was hesitant on coming to this facility, but I'm very glad I did. It definitely enforces the guidelines for building a structured life while having some freedom to still feel like a person. The camaraderie and brothers you make here helped with my recovery exponentially. The staff and therapists at Holdfast take your issues and needs to heart and assist to the best of their abilities.
Alec ReddingVerified Google reviewHoldfast was instrumental in getting my loved one on the road to recovery. Very thankful for the faith based approach while also applying expertise in the field of addiction and recovery. A wonderful ratio of providers to patients for one on one therapy and support. My loved one left after completing a 90 day program with a plan, community and a sponsor. A new lease on life! Our biggest thanks to Holdfast and prayers for the success of your future clients.
Dana KaupieVerified Google reviewHoldFast is a place where God restored me from the inside out. It’s more than a recovery program, it’s a Christ-centered brotherhood that helped me rebuild my life on solid ground. Through prayer, Scripture, and real accountability, I learned how to cling to God in every season and rediscovered my identity in Christ building a life of sobriety. I leave HoldFast renewed, anchored, and grateful for the grace and strength I found here, taking it one day at a time.
Scott ThibodauxVerified Google reviewCombination of Neuro Faith' Therapist, Christian based teachings. Listening and sharing each clients experiences and thoughts about we were being taught in group meetings. Also encouraged to go to AA meetings, Church and Bible Study. I haven't sobriety for 96 Days straight since i was 15. Daily prayer and meditation combined with the Hold Fast App daily reflection schedule allowed me to stay focused on my goals of God and sobriety. I knew no one in Prescott when I moved here, now I have a brotherhood and Fellowship of Men that 100% i can count on. I am currently on Step 11 and plan on Sponsoring others as well as continuing in volunteering for others needs and bringing others to sobriety. I have a beautiful new life now that. Hold Fast brought me back ty rean honest self. Thank you Staff. I am now closer with my family.
Lui RodriguezVerified Google reviewHoldFast Recovery is "hands down" the best treatment center I have ever been to. Between the staff and brotherhood, there is genuinely something special about this place. If you're trying to find renewed faith and become the best version of yourself, you've come to the right spot. Be prepared to put in the work!
Cryss Cross CurryVerified Google reviewUnlike no other. Holdfast has been a life saving Christian based spirit filled residential treatment center based on the 12 steps. Instead of dreading the classes and meetings I look forward to all of it. The brotherhood of men here is very strong and I’m healing Godspeed.
Aaron EndsleyVerified Google review
As Iron Sharpens Iron, So One Man Sharpens Another.
Proverbs 27:17
Men walk in here out of options and walk out with a brotherhood, a purpose and something that holds. It starts with one call, and you can make it right now.
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