Caribbean Mountain Academy understands that you need to find help for your teen’s self-harm tendencies, and we are here for you. We offer your struggling teenager a fresh start and a place of healing on a beautiful Caribbean island—unplugged from negative distractions and influences. Plus, family-based counseling, Christian discipleship, meaningful service projects, fully-accredited academics, fun recreation and a supportive community of students, staff, and counselors. Call us at: 866-318-7392.

What is Self-Harm?
Caribbean Mountain Academy knows how to help your troubled teen as they heal from Self-Harm, a condition in which they are deliberately causing injury to themself, more than only in the form of cutting, at times by burning, punching, head banging or breaking their own bones. It can also be characterized by participation in high-risk activities.

Self-Harm (also known as self-abuse, self-mutilation or self-injury) can be the way in which they are able to express feelings not able to put into words, divert from painful emotions, or gain power over, at least, their own body if he or she feels they can’t control anything else in their life.  It is also a cry for help.

Many teens who suffer with Self-Harm report some type of childhood abuse (sexual or physical), and almost all say they were discouraged from showing emotions.  Self-Abuse is not generally seen as a cry for help, since it is usually done in secret, and work to hide the actions, as well as the emotions that lead to it. Your teen may feel alone or empty, frightened by the thought of intimate relationships.

Self-harming behaviors can be a sign of several different psychiatric illnesses or personality disorders.

Treating Self-Harming Teenagers

Because Self-Injury may be linked to a variety of mental disorders like depression or eating disorders, it is especially necessary to properly diagnose your teenager.

There is not a single treatment approved for this disorder, but a myriad of options, such as different types of therapy.  Treatment might include helping her to understand destructive thoughts and behaviors, gaining skills in developing outside relationships, mindfulness-based therapies (which help them to live in the present and properly construe the behaviors of those around).

Caribbean Mountain Academy’s trained counselors and licensed therapist can help your teen girl or boy who struggles with Self-Harm thoughts and behavior. Please consider the safe healing environment, and effective therapy that we offer to help your young teen heal, and improve their life back at home. Give us a call now to see if Caribbean Mountain Academy would be the best option for your struggling teen. 866-318-7392.