Columbus Girls Academy is a therapeutic boarding school located near Columbus, Georgia, providing a safe haven for young women in Frankfort, Indiana and around the nation; teens who have sought to fill a void in their hearts through negative peer influences, self-destructive habits, or risky activities.

After trying every option in their quest to help their girl, parents in Frankfort, Indiana are happy to find the Teen Challenge Girls Academy near Columbus, Georgia. They have usually tried counseling, medication, relocation, mental health approaches, and social service interventions, all without success. Some have been told by loved ones that it would be a good idea for their girl to get away from home for awhile and from negative influences and peers. That is when they seek the help of a Christian boarding school for troubled teens, like the Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy.

The typical girl who is enrolled from Frankfort, Indiana at the Teen Challenge Girls Academy was that she was once bright and talented; 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 girl who once sought her parents’ direction, love, approval and acceptance, now depends on her peers to fulfill those needs; she is willing to allow them to lead her down an alternate and dangerous path in life.

While changes usually happen in the moods of teenage girls going through early adolescence, some precipitating factors can leave a void in a young woman’s life and bring out extremely self-destructive and angry behaviors. These factors include:

• Death of a parent or loved one
• Childhood abuse (known or hidden)
• Blended family
• An absent or abusive parent
• Bullying from others/Loss of friends
• Loss of economic status or a move to a new home or school
• Medical issues with a loved one
• Rape or intimidation
• Gang membership
• Excessive interest in pornography
• Negative peer group

Resulting from such factors, teenage girls from Frankfort, Indiana who register for our boarding school typically demonstrate issues and behaviors such as:

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

Usually, prior to choosing CGA, parents in Frankfort, Indiana have gotten help from psychiatry and the prescription of medication. While psychotropic medications can help reduce the symptoms of problems, we have achieved significant success in helping girls get 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 eliminated over time with the supervision of our physician and the family’s psychiatrist.

Most girls who come to CGA in Columbus, Georgia, from Frankfort, Indiana have been previously had emotional and motivational issues such as:

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

Progression of a typical Teen Challenge resident from Frankfort, Indiana:

When a student comes to Columbus Girls Academy it is typical 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 prior actions. Essentially, she is sad for being caught in her actions, but she has yet to experience a turning away from that behavior. This may be very similar to the roller coaster that the family has experienced at home — pledges to change, moments of peace, that cycle back to repeat and crisis. Sorrow does not change individuals, repentance does.

Usually, adolescents have been spared or delayed the heartache of the full-blown consequences for their poor decisions; sometimes by well-intending adults. So, as a result, teens are not always entirely certain of the need for a different way of living. However, the parent is certain of the need for intervention, because their daughter 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 discover more. We enroll young women from Frankfort, Indiana year-round.

Therapeutic boarding school near Columbus, Georgia, a Teen Challenge program for teenage girls in Frankfort, Indiana and from around the country who are troubled by life-controlling issues. Call us now to learn more about Teen Challenge.

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