At puberty, the female adolescent is faced witha range of developmental issues along with both physical and intrapsychic changes.For example:
Physical changes
Bodily changes:The body transforms into a woman's body, parting from the child's body and developing feminine characteristics. Sexuality:Developing sexual identity: sexual attraction and self-esteem as a woman. Coping with sexual impulses and gender differences.
Emotional processes
Developing self-identity: Who am I? What do I value? What do I believe in? How do others perceive me? How do I perceive others? Parental separation:Perceiving the parent as an individual with both advantaged and disadvantages. Establishing boundary of the self: Getting to know one's boundaries as individualizing vs. separating. Getting to know my inner vs. environmental boundaries and developing the skills necessary for setting self boundaries.
Cognitive development
Abstract thought: More ability to perceive the complexity of reality. Moral sense: The establishment of values.
Social participation
Environmental expectations: family, peers, educational and cultural settings. Positive peer relationship: fulfillment of personal needs, sense of partnership, self-confidence and peer acceptance.
We offer the girls support and skill acquisition trough creative and enjoyable means that optimize the transfer from child to adolescent:
1. Identify and surface significant issues that are not easily articulated through language alone.
2.Expand the girls' way of knowing, acknowledging, and accepting private and peer's significant issues.
3. Enabling sharing of one's thoughts and emotions, and broadening the behavioral repertoire and coping strategies.
4. Use of creativity and movement to articulate significant issues, encouraging a meaningful inner and outer dialog in a playful and innovative way.
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