Elk Mountain Academy Goals
Our goal is to help girls work through their emotional issues and develop a positive self-image. Girls in our care receive expert therapy, tools and lifestyle training which will benefit them throughout their lives.
Young women at Elk Mountain attend individual, group, and family therapy sessions with our skilled, professional staff. Art and animal assisted therapy gives girls other ways to release and work through their emotions. Through around-the-clock interactions with our trained staff, girls receive constant feedback and mentoring in their thoughts and actions.
Our mission is to help teenaged girls rejoin their families and face the world better equipped with the skills necessary to succeed. For younger teenaged girls who come to Elk Mountain, we offer:
- Academic instruction
- Professional counseling
- Animal-assisted therapy (dogs and miniature horses)
- Individual and group therapy
- A focus on creativity through art, music and writing
- Trauma recovery
- Physical fitness
- Assistance in understanding life
- Guidance in grasping their place in the world
- Skilled mentors to assist them in areas beyond the grasp of their families
- A non-threatening, supportive, nurturing environment to solve overwhelming problems that they face
- A supportive, knowledgeable environment for dealing with an unplanned pregnancy
- A trustworthy environment where the scars of sexual abuse and physical abuse can be healed
- Assistance in overcoming an eating disorder
- A safe place to deal with adoption and abandonment issues
- Substance abuse recovery
Our therapeutic boarding school welcomes young women from across the nation. We are proud of what our team of experts help these girls accomplish, and we would love the opportunity to help your young girl as well …
