Group Homes for Troubled Girls From Alaska

Group homes for troubled girls from Alaska are specialized facilities that provide a home-like setting where teenage girls from Alaska can rehabilitate from a wide array of behavioral, mental, and emotional issues.

Similar to that of other residential treatment programs for troubled youth, group homes provide a structured therapeutic environment to behaviorally treat girls who act out in self-defeating behaviors

Elk Mountain Girls Academy Serving Girls & Families From Alaska

Elk Mountain Academy is a residential treatment center for teenage girls troubled with life-controlling issues or misbehavior that may be threatening their future.

Our therapists work with girls who are acting out or making inappropriate decisions due to emotional issues stemming from: major trauma or loss in their life, physical or mental abuse, death of a loved one, or attachment disorders related to adoption. We also specialize in treating eating disorders and self-harming.

A Top-Rated Christian Boarding School, with Christ-centered therapy and exceptional education in one place.

Unfortunately, time is of the essence when it comes to locating treatment for a dangerously out-of-control teenage girl, and waiting for a vacant bed in a group home may not be the safest or most pragmatic of options.

Luckily for parents from Alaska, there are provenly more effective alternative treatment options to consider that restrictive and often overly expensive group homes.

Elk Mountain Academy for Girls

Elk Mountain Academy for Girls is a reputable treatment program, group home-alternative that - with over a quarter of a century's worth of experience in serving troubled, female youth - provides out-of-control girls (ages 12-17) with an individualized treatment plan specifically designed to treat their medical, emotional, and psychological needs.

"Our multi-disciplinary staff is dedicated to helping each resident choose a new and more productive path in life."

Elk Mountain's nationally recognized and fully accredited facility boasts a top-tier staff made up of various behavioral, psychiatric, general healthcare, and academic professionals including:

Psychiatric specialists
Primary care physicians
On-campus dentists
Licensed psychotherapists
Teachers
Expertly trained residential staff

Our clinical staff includes a psychiatric specialist, a primary care physician, a dentist, and licensed psychotherapists as well as teachers, mentors, and residential care staff. Each student receives coaching and one-on-one mentoring. Recreation opportunities include snow and water skiing, snowboarding, hiking, boating, swimming, camping, snowshoeing, sledding, rock climbing, and river rafting.

For more information please call us at (909) 499-2748.

Help for Believers from Alaska

24/7 Crisis Lines for people living in Alaska: If any Christian man, woman, or child is dealing with alcohol and drug abuse, anorexia, binge eating, bipolar disorder, Borderline, BPD, bulimia, cutting, depression, sexual abuse, runaways, or self-injury.

List of hotlines for people from Alaska (see below). Help for people from Alaska who have found themselves in bad situations should Dial 911 immediately, or call:

Christian Counseling Services for People From Alaska

New Life Clinics: 1-800-NEW-LIFE

National Prayer Line: 1-800-4-PRAYER

Bethany Lifeline Pregnancy Hotline: 1-800-BETHANY

Liberty Godparent Ministry: 1-800-368-3336

Grace Help Line 24 Hour Christian Service: 1-800-982-8032

Alaska Suicide Hotlines

Local Suicide Hotlines: If you would prefer to call an Alaska suicide hotline instead of a national hotline, there are several Alaska suicide prevention hotlines available. However, unlike most Alaska options, some Alaska hotlines may not be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Alaska suicide hotline numbers include:

NAMI Alaska: 907-277-1300

Mental Health Association in Alaska: 907-563-0880

Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority: 907-269-7960

Alaska Division of Behavioral Health: 907-465-3370

Alaska CARELINE: 877-266-4357

Elk Mountain Academy offers affordable, mental health treatment for life-controlling issues and disorders in girls from Alaska, including attachment disorders, attention deficit, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, self-destructive or antisocial behavior, and issues involved with adoption.