Episode 64 Clint Davis - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home

Clint Davis, Clinical Supervisor/Clinician at Clint Davis Counseling & Integrative Wellness, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

0:28 1. You are such an important mental health professional in this community, involved in so many aspects of helping our residents. Today I want to cover some of the different services you provide at Clint Davis Counseling. But before we jump too far in, I want to quickly share something with you and get your thoughts or reaction.

I have had a good bit of counseling throughout my life and believe that one of the key steps in therapy is just the process of sharing thoughts and feelings and getting them out on the table to be discussed. I feel like we’re hopefully doing some of that for our community with this podcast.

Do you believe that providing a space to air out thoughts and feelings is an important part of the counseling process?

3:37 2. One of our previous guests and friends of yours, Cassie Hammett, once said this in speaking about you,

“Clint helps people truly become who they were created to be, coaching people to have a sound mind and process through things from the past that may be affecting them now.”

Talk to me about the quote above and some of your particular approach and process.

8:46 3. I was at dinner with my parents and I told them I was having you on as a guest today. My dad said can you ask him a question for me. \

For someone who doesn't have a network of psychologists or counselors and feels like they need some help, what sort of recommendation do you have for the general public in terms of taking the first step in receiving some assistance?

15:54 4. On the Clint Davis Counseling & Integrative Wellness website, there is a list of the different services you provide. They are:

• Trauma Therapy/EMDR

• Marriages And Families

• Drug, Alcohol, And Sex Addiction

• Play Therapy

• Eating Disorders

• Creation Therapy

• Business Coaching And Counseling

• Groups And Educational Seminars

• Adoption And Foster Care Support

• Massage Therapy

• Anxiety and Depression

• Grief Counseling

• Temperament Analysis

• Nutritional Counseling

• Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

Would you mind maybe choosing three of the abovementioned services and providing a little more information about the work you do in those areas?

25:35 5. Maybe three or four weeks ago, we had Carolyn Hammond in here who is the new CEO of VOA. She said something that stuck with me.

We're now trying in schools with ACEs to teach teachers instead of asking a kid, "Why are you doing that?" to "What happened to you?"

How does ACEs factor in to your work?

31:45 6. I knew you were involved in a number of different organizations in town, that you regularly give talks and seminars and of course, that you provide counseling services. What I didn’t know before I began my research to prepare for today is that you also oversee a podcast entitled “Asking Why”.

You have done an impressive 90+ episodes to date. The description about you and the podcast says,

“Asking Why is a podcast hosted by Clint Davis, an army veteran, ordained minister and licensed psychotherapist. Clint has a masters in marriage and family therapy and is trained in trauma, and sex addiction. He is also the Director of Recovery for The Hub: Urban Ministry which helps rescue men, women, and children out of human trafficking and poverty. Clint owns his own Counseling and Integrative Wellness Center, with 3 locations, with over 25 professionals from a wide range of modalities.”

Tell me about the podcast, how it started, how often you record it and anything else you would like to mention about this other important aspect of your work. 38:58 7. How does one know I've gotten enough therapy?

42:18 8. In general, should a male seek a male counselor and a female seek a female counselor?

50:05 9. As you look around, talk about some of the things you see that concern you the most about the state of our community?