Columbus Girls Academy is a therapeutic boarding school located near Columbus, Georgia, providing a safe haven for adolescent girls in Dublin, Georgia and from around the country; girls who have sought to fill a void in their lives through misbehavior, self-harm or negative peer influences.

After exhausting every option in their search to help their girl, parents in Dublin, Georgia are happy to find the Teen Challenge Girls Academy near Columbus, Georgia. They have usually tried relocation, counseling, and medication, and getting nowhere. Some have been told by loved ones that it would be a good idea for their girl to get away from the negative influences in her life and away from home for awhile. So, they make the call for the help of a therapeutic boarding school, like the Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy.

The usual prospective resident from Dublin, Georgia was once moving toward a bright future; however, as a result of self-destructive choices, her life may end up far different from what everyone hoped for. Where there was once excelling grades, there are failing grades. Where there were once athletic, artistic or musical abilities, there is disdain for what she held dear. The young woman who once sought her parents’ direction, love, approval and acceptance, now looks to her peers to fulfill those needs; she is willing to allow them to lead her down a dark path in life.

While changes 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 lead to extremely self-destructive and angry behaviors. These factors include:

• Death of a parent or loved one
• Early abuse (known or hidden)
• Divorce of parents
• An absent or abusive parent
• Bullying from others/Loss of friends
• Loss of economic status or a move to a new home or school
• Chronic illness of a loved one
• Rape or intimidation
• Gang membership
• Excessive interest in pornography
• Negative peer group

Resulting from such factors, young women from Dublin, Georgia who register for our program generally exhibit attitudes and actions such as:

• Low self-esteem
• Rebellion/Anger/Defiance
• Self Injurious Behaviors or Thoughts
• Deceitfulness/Cheating/Theft
• Manipulation of family and parents
• Promiscuity
• Self-Hatred

Usually, prior to selecting CGA, parents in Dublin, Georgia have gotten help from psychiatry and the prescription of medication. While such medications can help alleviate the symptoms of deeper issues, we have achieved great success in weening girls off of them once and for all. All but the most severe psychological issues are generally precipitated by deeper emotional issues, which must be dealt with having a clear mind. Psychotropic drugs are reduced over time with the supervision of our physician and the family’s psychiatrist.

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

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

Progression of a usual Teen Challenge resident from Dublin, Georgia:

When a young woman enrolls in 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 resident begins to feel some regret for the consequences of her prior 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 roller coaster that parents have been living with at home — pledges to change, periods of peace, that cycle back to repeat and crisis. Sorrow does not change behavior, repentance does.

Usually, adolescents have been spared or delayed the trouble of the entire consequences for their bad decisions; sometimes by well-intending authorities in their life. For these reasons, teenagers are not always convinced of the need for a different way of living. However, the parent is convinced of the need for intervention, because their girl is obviously headed for disaster if such actions persist. The Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy is an intervention program, hopefully intervening in troubled adolescents’ lives before they go on with life habitually living in a dangerous lifestyle.

Please call at (334)855-3695 or inquire using the online inquiry form to register students from Dublin, Georgia year-round.

Therapeutic boarding school near Columbus, Georgia, a Teen Challenge academy for adolescent girls in Dublin, Georgia and around the nation who are struggling with life-controlling issues. Call us now to learn more about Teen Challenge.

The Columbus Girls Academy Teen Challenge program isn’t in Dublin, Georgia, but it accepts girls from Dublin, Georgia.