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Teen Substance Abuse & Overdose Statistics
New statistics come out every year for just about anything you can imagine. Doctors, psychologists, economists, etc., come together and boil life down into a series of numbers. Why? Because measurable data is t…
Teen Substance Abuse & Overdose Statistics
New statistics come out every year for just about anything you can imagine. Doctors, psychologists, economists, etc., come together and boil life down into a series of numbers. Why? Because measurable data is t…
Will School Get in the Way of My Teen’s Recovery?
Has your child recently finished rehab or drug counseling? Are you struggling to find the balance between back-to-school stress and recovery? You’re not alone; this is a hard part of the year for us at Cl…
Will School Get in the Way of My Teen’s Recovery?
Has your child recently finished rehab or drug counseling? Are you struggling to find the balance between back-to-school stress and recovery? You’re not alone; this is a hard part of the year for us at Cl…
What To Talk To Your Teen About Before School Starts
As we gear up to go back to school, we all start planning for the physical aspects, right? School supplies and new clothes are purchased, the fridge is stocked up with after-school snacks, and appointments for …
What To Talk To Your Teen About Before School Starts
As we gear up to go back to school, we all start planning for the physical aspects, right? School supplies and new clothes are purchased, the fridge is stocked up with after-school snacks, and appointments for …
Back-to-School: Teen Alcohol Use
School is almost back in session, and so are the back-to-school parties. Experimentation with alcohol may seem like a rite of passage, but we lose nearly 5,000 teens a year to alcohol use. The…
Back-to-School: Teen Alcohol Use
School is almost back in session, and so are the back-to-school parties. Experimentation with alcohol may seem like a rite of passage, but we lose nearly 5,000 teens a year to alcohol use. The…
Fentanyl: What You Need to Know NOW
Fentanyl may be a funny-looking word, but the risk it poses to our kids and our community is no laughing matter. It’s a synthetic opioid, meaning that it is created artificially in labs and used to treat …
Fentanyl: What You Need to Know NOW
Fentanyl may be a funny-looking word, but the risk it poses to our kids and our community is no laughing matter. It’s a synthetic opioid, meaning that it is created artificially in labs and used to treat …
5 Easy Questions To Ask My Teen If I Suspect Substance Abuse
If you’ve started to suspect your teen may have a substance abuse problem, it can be tricky to navigate how to confront the situation. What questions should you ask? How should you even broach the subject…
5 Easy Questions To Ask My Teen If I Suspect Substance Abuse
If you’ve started to suspect your teen may have a substance abuse problem, it can be tricky to navigate how to confront the situation. What questions should you ask? How should you even broach the subject…
Clearfork Treatment Modalities
Clearfork Academy serves adolescent boys, thirteen to eighteen years of age, as they undergo substance abuse and mental health treatment. But how does Clearfork make our program impact each kiddo? What are our …
Clearfork Treatment Modalities
Clearfork Academy serves adolescent boys, thirteen to eighteen years of age, as they undergo substance abuse and mental health treatment. But how does Clearfork make our program impact each kiddo? What are our …
The Effects of Trauma in Teens
Spotting the underlying trauma that oftentimes manifests itself as substance abuse can be hard. As providers, parents, and friends we see the issues that are present right now most clearly, but where do these p…
The Effects of Trauma in Teens
Spotting the underlying trauma that oftentimes manifests itself as substance abuse can be hard. As providers, parents, and friends we see the issues that are present right now most clearly, but where do these p…
Substance Abuse Resources for Parents
As parents, we want to have all of the answers for our kids, right? This can be incredibly challenging for parents of teens struggling with substance abuse. As your family tackles this complex topic, how can yo…
Substance Abuse Resources for Parents
As parents, we want to have all of the answers for our kids, right? This can be incredibly challenging for parents of teens struggling with substance abuse. As your family tackles this complex topic, how can yo…
Calling the Police on Your Child for Substance Abuse
When a child is struggling with substance abuse, many families try to handle the situation in-house for various reasons like embarrassment, finances, and the perceived best interests of the kiddo. Sometimes tha…
Calling the Police on Your Child for Substance Abuse
When a child is struggling with substance abuse, many families try to handle the situation in-house for various reasons like embarrassment, finances, and the perceived best interests of the kiddo. Sometimes tha…
5 Dangers of Vaping
Is vaping dangerous? Should parents encourage their teens to quit vaping during or after recovery? The standard argument against this is that vaping “isn’t as bad” as cigarettes, marijuana, or…
5 Dangers of Vaping
Is vaping dangerous? Should parents encourage their teens to quit vaping during or after recovery? The standard argument against this is that vaping “isn’t as bad” as cigarettes, marijuana, or…
What is a Family Contract? How Do I Make One?
A family contract can be one of the most critical steps in getting your family back on track after treatment, especially for your kiddo who is trying to re-adjust at home. But family contracts aren’t just…
What is a Family Contract? How Do I Make One?
A family contract can be one of the most critical steps in getting your family back on track after treatment, especially for your kiddo who is trying to re-adjust at home. But family contracts aren’t just…
How to Have a Healthy Relationship With Your Teen Who’s Struggling With Substance Abuse
If your teen is struggling with substance abuse, it’s going to call for a shift in your relationship. But this doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, it could be the best thing for both of you at …
How to Have a Healthy Relationship With Your Teen Who’s Struggling With Substance Abuse
If your teen is struggling with substance abuse, it’s going to call for a shift in your relationship. But this doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, it could be the best thing for both of you at …
Delta-8 THC and the Dangers of Other Over-the-Counter Drugs
A new over-the-counter drug is making its way into stores and onto the streets: Delta-8 THC. You’ve likely heard a lot of stories about this strain of “legalized weed,” and we’re here to…
Delta-8 THC and the Dangers of Other Over-the-Counter Drugs
A new over-the-counter drug is making its way into stores and onto the streets: Delta-8 THC. You’ve likely heard a lot of stories about this strain of “legalized weed,” and we’re here to…
How To Prevent Relapse
How do we prevent a relapse? This is the question that is asked most often on the heels of substance abuse treatment. After the long road of recovery, we all want to ensure that it is a permanent solution. Howe…
How To Prevent Relapse
How do we prevent a relapse? This is the question that is asked most often on the heels of substance abuse treatment. After the long road of recovery, we all want to ensure that it is a permanent solution. Howe…
I Think My Teen is Smoking Weed
Has your teen been acting out of the ordinary? Are you smelling an over-use of cologne or maybe even the musty smell of marijuana on their clothes? These could be red flags that they’re hiding a new past-…
I Think My Teen is Smoking Weed
Has your teen been acting out of the ordinary? Are you smelling an over-use of cologne or maybe even the musty smell of marijuana on their clothes? These could be red flags that they’re hiding a new past-…
Admissions: What to Expect
If your child is struggling with substance use or mental health issues, there are already so many hurdles with which your family is coping. That’s why Clearfork Academy makes our admissions process as sim…
Admissions: What to Expect
If your child is struggling with substance use or mental health issues, there are already so many hurdles with which your family is coping. That’s why Clearfork Academy makes our admissions process as sim…
Home Drug Tests 101: Don’t Let Your Teen Trick You
Home drug tests are an easy and affordable way to monitor your teen’s drug use. They’re widely available at most drug stores and even some grocery stores! When you need answers now, or don’t w…
Home Drug Tests 101: Don’t Let Your Teen Trick You
Home drug tests are an easy and affordable way to monitor your teen’s drug use. They’re widely available at most drug stores and even some grocery stores! When you need answers now, or don’t w…
The Mental Health Effects of Covid-19 on Teens
No one could have prepared for the sudden COVID crisis of 2020, and that includes our kids. It’s been undeniably hard on everyone, and when one of our greatest coping mechanisms is the positive reinforcem…
The Mental Health Effects of Covid-19 on Teens
No one could have prepared for the sudden COVID crisis of 2020, and that includes our kids. It’s been undeniably hard on everyone, and when one of our greatest coping mechanisms is the positive reinforcem…
A Day in the Life at Substance Abuse Treatment
Leaving your child in someone else’s care is one of the hardest things for any parent to do. Even when our brain knows it’s the best thing to do, the heart has trouble letting them go. We’d be…
A Day in the Life at Substance Abuse Treatment
Leaving your child in someone else’s care is one of the hardest things for any parent to do. Even when our brain knows it’s the best thing to do, the heart has trouble letting them go. We’d be…
Teen Brains: Primed For Addiction
Addiction can happen to anyone — it does not discriminate based on age. In fact, addiction actually has its easiest targets in teens and young adults. But why is that? Teens are more susceptible to drug a…
Teen Brains: Primed For Addiction
Addiction can happen to anyone — it does not discriminate based on age. In fact, addiction actually has its easiest targets in teens and young adults. But why is that? Teens are more susceptible to drug a…
Teen Detox: What to Expect
It can be scary to watch your child struggle with substance abuse. Detox for your teen can be just as scary, so it’s important for them to have a safe facility to clear everything out of their bodies and …
Teen Detox: What to Expect
It can be scary to watch your child struggle with substance abuse. Detox for your teen can be just as scary, so it’s important for them to have a safe facility to clear everything out of their bodies and …
5 Signs of Teen Drug Use
Are you concerned that changes in your teens behavior may be the result of drug use? It can be difficult to understand your teenager’s actions in the best of circumstances; we know it’s even harder …
5 Signs of Teen Drug Use
Are you concerned that changes in your teens behavior may be the result of drug use? It can be difficult to understand your teenager’s actions in the best of circumstances; we know it’s even harder …
12-Step Program for Teens
Let’s jump right in and answer two of the most common questions we get asked: Is Clearfork Academy a faith-based program? Yes. Does Clearfork Academy use the 12 steps? Also, yes! That’s right,…
12-Step Program for Teens
Let’s jump right in and answer two of the most common questions we get asked: Is Clearfork Academy a faith-based program? Yes. Does Clearfork Academy use the 12 steps? Also, yes! That’s right,…
Can My Teen Still Graduate If He’s In Residential Treatment?
If your teen needs residential treatment for substance abuse or mental health issues, we know there are already lots of things you worry about. Education is likely somewhere towards the top of that list; we get…
Can My Teen Still Graduate If He’s In Residential Treatment?
If your teen needs residential treatment for substance abuse or mental health issues, we know there are already lots of things you worry about. Education is likely somewhere towards the top of that list; we get…
Mental Health Treatment at Clearfork Academy
Clearfork Academy is known for helping teens recover from substance abuse and addiction, but did you know we also offer mental health treatment? We are fully equipped with psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse…
Mental Health Treatment at Clearfork Academy
Clearfork Academy is known for helping teens recover from substance abuse and addiction, but did you know we also offer mental health treatment? We are fully equipped with psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse…
Families Matter at Clearfork Academy
As a therapist, you know when a teen is struggling with substance abuse the whole family is affected. At Clearfork Academy, we know this is not something that can be overlooked. Having the support of family is …
Families Matter at Clearfork Academy
As a therapist, you know when a teen is struggling with substance abuse the whole family is affected. At Clearfork Academy, we know this is not something that can be overlooked. Having the support of family is …
Navigating The Holidays With A Struggling Teen
The holiday season is a stressful time of year for many families. If your teen is struggling with substance abuse, that stress can multiply exponentially. We understand, and you’re definitely not alone! Y…
Navigating The Holidays With A Struggling Teen
The holiday season is a stressful time of year for many families. If your teen is struggling with substance abuse, that stress can multiply exponentially. We understand, and you’re definitely not alone! Y…
6 Dysfunctional Family Roles
Does someone you love have a substance abuse problem? Addiction is a vicious cycle. Unfortunately, when someone struggles with addiction, there is a ripple effect that leaves no one in the family untouched. How…
6 Dysfunctional Family Roles
Does someone you love have a substance abuse problem? Addiction is a vicious cycle. Unfortunately, when someone struggles with addiction, there is a ripple effect that leaves no one in the family untouched. How…
The Top 5 Reasons Therapists Are Choosing Clearfork Academy
Your clients turn to you for guidance when they need substance abuse and/or mental health treatment. They ask you where to go, and who can help them and their family. We know you only want to refe…
The Top 5 Reasons Therapists Are Choosing Clearfork Academy
Your clients turn to you for guidance when they need substance abuse and/or mental health treatment. They ask you where to go, and who can help them and their family. We know you only want to refe…
Here’s Why Clearfork Academy Is The Best Treatment Option, Even If Your Son Isn’t A Christian!
You’ve landed here in your search for answers. You’re trying to find the best way to help your son with his substance abuse issues. You’ve seen what Clearfork Academy has to offe…
Here’s Why Clearfork Academy Is The Best Treatment Option, Even If Your Son Isn’t A Christian!
You’ve landed here in your search for answers. You’re trying to find the best way to help your son with his substance abuse issues. You’ve seen what Clearfork Academy has to offe…
How Do I Talk To My Teen About Drug/Alcohol Use?
As a parent, we know you worry about your teen! You worry about their grades, their friends, their health, their future… and the list goes on. But, it can be overwhelming when those worries…
How Do I Talk To My Teen About Drug/Alcohol Use?
As a parent, we know you worry about your teen! You worry about their grades, their friends, their health, their future… and the list goes on. But, it can be overwhelming when those worries…
Why Is Gender-Specific Treatment Best For My Son?
At this point, you’ve either already decided that your son needs treatment, or you are very seriously considering it. Either way, you’re at a fork in the road and doing your best to research …
Why Is Gender-Specific Treatment Best For My Son?
At this point, you’ve either already decided that your son needs treatment, or you are very seriously considering it. Either way, you’re at a fork in the road and doing your best to research …
5 Signs That Your Teen May Need Substance Abuse Treatment
Parents frequently ask us, “How do I know if my teen needs treatment?” We have compiled a list of five common signs that your son may in fact need clinical treatment: 1. Loss of self-c…
5 Signs That Your Teen May Need Substance Abuse Treatment
Parents frequently ask us, “How do I know if my teen needs treatment?” We have compiled a list of five common signs that your son may in fact need clinical treatment: 1. Loss of self-c…
Is It Safe To Send My Son To Treatment During COVID-19?
This seems to be the number one question these days, and understandably so! COVID-19 has affected many aspects of everyday life, but the truth is, addiction hasn’t stopped. Substance abuse and mental heal…
Is It Safe To Send My Son To Treatment During COVID-19?
This seems to be the number one question these days, and understandably so! COVID-19 has affected many aspects of everyday life, but the truth is, addiction hasn’t stopped. Substance abuse and mental heal…
4 Ways to Keep Kids Out of Trouble
When you think about summer you might think of the hot summer sun, beaches, the lake, vacation, or snow cones (or ice cream)… mmm. But if you are a parent you think of unsupervised children for extended …
4 Ways to Keep Kids Out of Trouble
When you think about summer you might think of the hot summer sun, beaches, the lake, vacation, or snow cones (or ice cream)… mmm. But if you are a parent you think of unsupervised children for extended …
Differences Between Adult and Teen Treatment
Although, substance abuse treatment is often regarded as being the same across the board there are several differences. Specifically differences for adults and teens. In the following, we will show you some way…
Differences Between Adult and Teen Treatment
Although, substance abuse treatment is often regarded as being the same across the board there are several differences. Specifically differences for adults and teens. In the following, we will show you some way…
Shame “Less” Recovery
Learn how to live a shame "less" recovery. Replace the God-shaped-hole in your heart with a belief transformation rather than behavior modification….
Shame “Less” Recovery
Learn how to live a shame "less" recovery. Replace the God-shaped-hole in your heart with a belief transformation rather than behavior modification….
How to Stage an Intervention for Your Teen
You’ve discovered that your teenager has been using drugs. You most likely have a strong desire to confront your teen, harnessing your parental authority to reprimand their behavior. Being teenagers, they…
How to Stage an Intervention for Your Teen
You’ve discovered that your teenager has been using drugs. You most likely have a strong desire to confront your teen, harnessing your parental authority to reprimand their behavior. Being teenagers, they…
How to Tell if Your Teen is Using Drugs
As parents, it’s easy to forget the challenges our teens face in our popularity-driven culture. The overwhelming pressure of fitting in, the emotional toll of rejection, and the stress of academic success…
How to Tell if Your Teen is Using Drugs
As parents, it’s easy to forget the challenges our teens face in our popularity-driven culture. The overwhelming pressure of fitting in, the emotional toll of rejection, and the stress of academic success…
5 Self-Care Tips
Self-care is very important! We can often get overwhelmed at what life can throw at us and with the hurried mentality that the world has today we made this infographic of tips. Enjoy! Here are 5 Self-Care tips …
5 Self-Care Tips
Self-care is very important! We can often get overwhelmed at what life can throw at us and with the hurried mentality that the world has today we made this infographic of tips. Enjoy! Here are 5 Self-Care tips …
The Clearfork Way – Jeremiah 6:16
Check out The Clearfork Way Infographic to find out more about our process….
The Clearfork Way – Jeremiah 6:16
Check out The Clearfork Way Infographic to find out more about our process….
What Is Faith-Based Recovery?
If you’re considering getting help for your addiction, the treatment possibilities can be overwhelming. You likely have many uncertainties and questions like, “what type of treatment is best for me?…
What Is Faith-Based Recovery?
If you’re considering getting help for your addiction, the treatment possibilities can be overwhelming. You likely have many uncertainties and questions like, “what type of treatment is best for me?…