John Baldonado, LADAC (He/Him)

John Baldonado is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselor. He conducted his internship at New Mexico Citizens Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Albuquerque in the early 1980's. He was accepted into and completed a specialized alcohol and drug counselor training program in Colorado in conjunction with the Veterans Administration Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Fort Lyon, Colorado. He began in private practice in the south valley of Albuquerque New Mexico, until he relocated to Alamogordo in August 1988. He has been providing substance use disorder services in Alamogordo for the past 35 years. He was CEO of the Otero County Council on Alcohol and Alcoholism until February 2005. At that time, he started Canyon Light Inc. focusing on substance use disorder services. For the past seven years he has held a harm reduction specialist certification. As a client centered therapist, he is ready to help with trigger recognition and management, thought associations and addiction and recovery support services.  

John Baldonado provides services at the Alamogordo location in suite 5

• Magellan
• Molina
• NM Medicaid
• Presbyterian
• BCBS
• Cigna
• TriWest VA