Columbus Girls Academy is a therapeutic boarding school located near Columbus, Georgia, providing a safe haven for young women in Hinesville, Georgia and from around the country; teens who have sought to fill a void in their hearts through anger, self-harm or negative peer influences.

After exhausting every option in their quest to help their girl, families in Hinesville, Georgia 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, and getting nowhere. Some have been told by counselors 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. That is when they make the call for the help of a Christian boarding school for troubled teens, like the Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy.

The typical girl who is enrolled from Hinesville, 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 is academic failure. Where there were once athletic, artistic or musical abilities, there is a loss of interest. The young girl who once looked to her parents for 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 negative 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 cause extremely self-destructive and angry behaviors. These factors include:

• Loss of a parent or loved one
• Early abuse (known or hidden)
• Blended family
• A difficult or especially critical parent
• Bullying from others/Loss of friends
• Change in economic status or a move to a new home or school
• Medical issues with a loved one
• Rape or intimidation
• Gang participation
• Excessive interest in pornography
• Negative peer group

As a result of such factors, teenage girls from Hinesville, Georgia who enroll in our the Teen Challenge program generally demonstrate attitudes and actions including:

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

Usually, prior to selecting CGA, families in Hinesville, Georgia have sought help from psychiatry and the use of medication. While such medications can help reduce 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 girl’s psychiatrist.

Most girls who come to CGA in Columbus, Georgia, from Hinesville, Georgia have been previously diagnosed with psychological disorders including:

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Difficulty with Distractions in a Classroom Setting
• Being oppositional and defiant
• Mood disturbances
• Issues from adoption
• Sadness or Over Exuberance

Progression of a typical Teen Challenge student from Hinesville, Georgia:

When a girl 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 student begins to experience 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 roller coaster that the family has been living with at home — promises to change, moments of peace, that then again turn to repeat and crisis. Regret does not change behavior, repentance does.

Usually, teenagers have been spared or delayed the trouble of the entire consequences for their inappropriate decisions; sometimes by well-intending parents. For these reasons, adolescents are not always entirely certain of the need for a different way of living. However, the parent is convinced 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 demonstrating a dangerous lifestyle.

We can be reached at (334)855-3695 or contact us using the online inquiry form to register young women from Hinesville, Georgia year-round.

Therapeutic boarding school near Columbus, Georgia, a Teen Challenge academy for adolescent girls in Hinesville, 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 Hinesville, Georgia, but it accepts girls from Hinesville, Georgia.