Christian Programs for Adolescents and Young Adults

By Craig Rogers

Christian programs for troubled teens and young adults are normally therapeutic interventions with a faith-based approach to treatment. Christian programs that deal with  difficult and rebellious teenagers provide therapy, counseling, independent living skills, academics, and emotional/spiritual growth. The best Christian programs for troubled teens provide a safe and loving environment that integrates counseling, academic pursuits, mentoring, group therapy, and an active program schedule that encourages life-changing decisions to ensure a healthy and productive life.

Finding the Right Christian Program

Therapy Insider represents the top Christian programs throughout the United States.  There are so many differences between the different Christ-centered options. The doctrinal beliefs of each school represent the spectrum of the mainstream denominations. Not all Christian programs are the same. There are conservative schools with conservative values, and there are schools that promote a more spiritually liberal view. Therefore, it is very important for parents of troubled teens to look at all the options before choosing a school or program.

If you teen fits the description of being emotionally immature, making poor personal choices, acting entitled, struggling with self-image or self-worth, manipulating their family and others, playing the victim, blaming their poor choices on everyone else, lying, sneaking out, isolating from family, experimenting with sex, alcohol, and drugs, rejecting their Christian heritage, rebelling against parental authority, looking for acceptance in the wrong places, making poor peer choices, and/or academically unmotivated then a Christian program may be a good treatment option.