Shepherds Hill Academy

Shepherd Hill Academy, located in Georgia, is a hybrid between a therapeutic wilderness program and a Christian boarding school. It includes wilderness therapy to teach struggling teens about God, life and teamwork, while offering a fully accredited school. It features equine therapy, group and individual counseling, and teamwork exercises.

We’ve combined the best of other therapeutic programs into one program that both includes the wilderness aspect and a first class education. And, of course, the pivotal factor is that we teach the kids to look to God for their strength and for answers for their life.
The constant stimulation of God’s love and truth through our staff is meant to mentor a child’s appetites to hunger for more wholesome activities. Although our Christ-centered approach to education operates as any other modern school, the intentionally primitive living conditions relieve kids of the many negative cultural influences that are bombarding them from every direction today. Peer pressure is turned inside out as kids are taught to think critically about the important issues of life. Faulty thinking patterns are exposed for what they are.

Kids learn to discern and distinguish the difference between intelligence, knowledge, and wisdom; and how they all apply to life and reality. Kids get another chance at childhood, while learning how to properly approach and address the critical issues of adulthood. Peace and sanity return to the family as parents also learn through our retreats and constant contact.