EP 57: Empowering Teens to Heal: Core Values and Tools for Lasting Change with Austin Davis

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Episode Shownotes:
In this transformative episode, we sit down with Austin Davis, Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and founder/CEO of Clearfork Academy, to explore how core values can empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and find lasting healing. Austin shares his journey, the mission of Clearfork Academy, and the strategies they use to help teens create meaningful change in their lives.

Episode Highlights:
🌟 Austin’s Journey: The experiences that led him to focus on helping teens with mental health and emotional challenges and how he founded Clearfork Academy.
🌟 Core Values: How and why the program developed its core values and the life-changing impact these principles have on teens.
🌟 Therapeutic Tools and Resources: A look at the interventions, tools, and resources used in Clearfork Academy’s program and why they work.
🌟 Family Systems: The importance of understanding the “family system” in identifying pain and dysfunction that lead to unhealthy behaviors.
🌟 Stress Management Plans: The role of actionable plans in helping teens handle stressors and make healthier choices.
🌟 Personal Responsibility: Skills and strategies Clearfork Academy teaches to encourage accountability and self-growth.
🌟 Building Core Values: Steps for anyone to begin establishing and living by their core values.

Website: www.clearforkacademy.com

Instagram: @clearforkacademy

Facebook: Clearfork Academy

LinkedIn: Austin Davis, LPC-S

Bio:

Austin is a visionary leader in teenage behavioral health and addiction treatment, spending the past 15+ years committed to transforming the lives of teens & their families. He uses the power of faith in the recovery process to help his clients grow into healthy and happy members of their community. He is the founder and CEO of Clearfork Academy, the go-to treatment center in Texas for troubled teens.

His dedication to teen mental health makes him a driving thought leader in the industry. He has spoken to parents, community health professionals, educators and teens nationwide—sharing insights on effective treatment methodologies, the importance of mental health awareness and the power of faith in the recovery process.

Austin earned a Bachelor of Science in Pastoral Ministry from Lee University in Cleveland, TN, and furthered his education with a Master of Arts in Counseling from The Church of God Theological Seminary. This education laid the foundation for his professional journey in clinical counseling and church ministry.

When he's not helping teens or serving his community, he is found spending time with his wife & three kids, playing guitar, and being outdoors.

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