Columbus Girls Academy is a therapeutic boarding school located near Columbus, Georgia, providing a safe haven for young women in Loganville, Georgia 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 exhausting every option in their search to help their girl, parents in Loganville, Georgia turn to the Teen Challenge Columbus Girls Academy. They have usually tried psychologists, medications, and rehabs, 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 prospective resident from Loganville, Georgia at the Teen Challenge Girls Academy was that she was once bright and talented; however, because of poor choices or an uncaring attitude, her future has been compromised. 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 woman 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 follow them down an alternate and dangerous path in life.

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

• Death of a parent or loved one
• Early abuse (known or hidden)
• Family split
• A difficult or especially critical parent
• Bullying from others/Loss of friends
• Loss of economic status or a change to a new home or school
• Chronic illness of a loved one
• Physical invasion or mental intimidation
• Gang participation
• Excessive interest in pornography
• Negative peer group

Resulting from such factors, teenage girls from Loganville, Georgia who enroll in our 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 choosing CGA, parents in Loganville, Georgia have gotten help from psychiatry and the use of medication. While psychotropic medications can help reduce the symptoms of problems, we have found significant success in weening girls off of them once and for all. All but the most severe psychological issues are generally triggered by underlying 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 girl’s psychiatrist.

Some students who come to CGA in Columbus, Georgia, from Loganville, Georgia have been previously diagnosed with behavioral disorders 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 student from Loganville, Georgia:

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 resident begins to experience some regret for the consequences of her prior actions. Essentially, she is “sorry” for being caught in her actions, but she has yet to begin 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 — pledges to change, periods of peace, that then again turn to repeat and crisis. Sorrow does not change individuals, repentance does.

Usually, teens have been spared or delayed the heartache of the full-blown consequences for their negative decisions; sometimes by well-intending parents. So, as a result, teenagers 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 helping make a change in troubled adolescents’ lives before they become an adult habitually demonstrating a dysfunctional lifestyle.

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

Therapeutic boarding school near Columbus, Georgia, a Teen Challenge academy for adolescent girls in Loganville, Georgia and around the nation 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 Loganville, Georgia, but it accepts young women from Loganville, Georgia.