This Teen Challenge Girls Academy is a non-profit Christian boarding school located near Columbus, Georgia, providing an affordable safe haven for young women in Auburn, Alabama and around the country; teens who have sought to fill a void in their lives through misbehavior, self-harm or negative peer influences.

After trying every option in their quest to help their daughter, families in Auburn, Alabama are happy to find the Teen Challenge Girls Academy near Columbus, Georgia. They have usually tried psychologists, medications, and rehabs, all without success. Some have been told by psychologists that it would be a good idea for their girl to get away from home for awhile and from negative influences and peers. So, they make the call for the help of a therapeutic boarding school, like the Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy.

The typical girl who comes to CGA from Auburn, Alabama at the Teen Challenge Girls Academy was that she was once bright and talented; however, because of poor choices or an uncaring attitude, her life may end up far different from what everyone hoped for. Where there was once excelling grades, there is academic failure. Where there were once athletic, artistic or musical abilities, there is disdain for what she held dear. The young girl who once looked to her parents for direction, love, approval and acceptance, now has sifted to her peers to fulfill those needs; she is willing to allow them to lead her down an alternate and dangerous path in life.

While shifts usually happen in the moods of young women going through early adolescence, some precipitating factors can leave a void in a girl’s life and cause extremely self-destructive and angry behaviors. These factors include:

• Loss of a parent or loved one
• Early abuse (known or hidden)
• Family split
• An absent or abusive parent
• Bullying from others/Loss of friends
• Change in economic status or a change to a new home or school
• Medical issues with a loved one
• Physical invasion or mental intimidation
• Gang membership
• Excessive interest in pornography
• Negative peer influences

Resulting from such factors, young women from Auburn, Alabama who register for our boarding school typically demonstrate issues and behaviors such as:

• Loss of a positive self-image
• Rebellion/Anger/Defiance
• Self Injurious Behaviors or Thoughts
• Deceitfulness/Cheating/Theft
• Manipulation of family and parents
• Promiscuity
• Dangerous Behavior
• Self-Hatred

Often, prior to choosing CGA, families in Auburn, Alabama have sought help from psychiatry and the prescription of medication. While psychotropic medications can help reduce the symptoms of problems, we have found significant success in helping girls get off of them once and for all. All but the most severe psychological issues are generally triggered by underlying emotional issues, which must be addressed and solved with a clear mind. Psychotropic drugs are eliminated over time with the care of our physician and the girl’s psychiatrist.

Some students who come to CGA in Columbus, Georgia, from Auburn, Alabama have been previously had emotional and motivational issues such as:

• Attention Difficulties
• ADD
• Being oppositional and defiant
• Mood disturbancesM
• Issues from adoption
• Sadness or Over Exuberance

Progression of a usual Teen Challenge resident from Auburn, AL:

When a girl comes to Columbus Girls Academy it is usual for her to exhibit blame-shifting, avoidance of responsibility, and sometimes complete denial of wrongdoing. Soon after enrollment, the girl begins to feel some sorrow for the consequences of her previous behavior. Essentially, she is sad for being caught in her behavior, but she has yet to experience a turning away from that behavior. This may be very similar to the ups and downs that the family has been living with at home — promises to be different, moments of peace, that cycle back to repeat and crisis. Sorrow does not change individuals, repentance does.

Often, teens have been spared or delayed the trouble of the entire consequences for their poor decisions; sometimes by well-intending parents. For these reasons, teens are not always confident of the need for change in their lives. However, the parent is certain of the need for intervention, because their girl is obviously headed for lifelong trouble if such actions persist. The Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy is an intervention program, hopefully intervening in troubled teenagers’ lives before they go on with life habitually living in a dysfunctional lifestyle.

Please call at (334)855-3695 or contact us using the online inquiry form to register girls from Auburn, Alabama year-round.

Christian boarding school near Columbus, Georgia, a Teen Challenge program for young girls in Auburn, Alabama and around the country who are troubled by life-controlling issues. Visit the remainder of this website to learn more about Teen Challenge.

The Columbus Girls Academy Teen Challenge program isn’t in Auburn, Alabama, but it accepts young women from Auburn, Alabama.