Clint Davis Counseling & Integrative Wellness

01/05/2026

🌟 Team Spotlight | Krista Gaston, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Clint Davis Counseling & Integrative Wellness

Krista Gaston is known for her steady presence, deep compassion, and commitment to walking alongside clients through life’s most challenging seasons.

🎓 Education & Experience
Krista holds both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor University and brings years of clinical experience working with:
• Adolescents & teenagers
• Adult women
• Couples & families

💛 Why She Does This Work
Krista’s heart for counseling has been shaped by her own life journey—navigating major transitions, blended family life, and seasons of loss. These experiences allow her to meet clients with empathy, understanding, and hope.

🧠 Areas of Focus
• Trauma
• Anxiety & depression
• Abuse & codependency
• Marriage & family challenges
• Feeling stuck or overwhelmed

💬 “Life is filled with good times and hard times. Combine the two and you get what we call bittersweet. My prayer is that, as we work together, hope can begin to be born out of the difficulties where you find yourself.”

📞 Now Accepting Clients
If you’re seeking hope, healing, and a place to feel truly seen, call 318-562-6903 to schedule with Krista.

01/04/2026

There are many approaches to healing in psychotherapy, but true change requires more than symptom relief. Many models focus on external behavior while missing the deeper violations of love and trust. When we help someone feel better without addressing what they believe at the core, we may calm the nervous system temporarily, but we are not restoring the soul. Scripture reminds us that man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart, 1 Samuel 16:7.

Symptom relief is sometimes necessary. In seasons of severe dysregulation or true crisis, stabilization helps a person function. Christian psychology recognizes the wisdom of calming the body in those moments. But most people are not actually in crisis. Most people feel like they are in crisis because pain has distorted the lens through which they see themselves, others, and God. When trust is broken and love is doubted, the nervous system stays on high alert.

Being heard and validated matters, but it is not enough to bring transformation. Scripture calls us not only to be comforted, but to be corrected and trained in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16. Healing often requires loving challenge and truth spoken with grace. Without truth, validation may soothe pain but leave the root untouched.

When we do not believe we are loved and safe, our nervous system shifts into fight, flight, or freeze. From there we move into behaviors like blame, shame, escape, and control. These are trauma responses held in the body, but they are also spiritual responses rooted in disbelief. Proverbs 4:23 tells us that everything we do flows from the heart. Our actions always follow what we believe to be true.

Biblical counseling integrated with psychology invites a deeper path. We help people slow down, name what they feel, acknowledge what they normally do, speak regulating truth rooted in scripture, and choose a different response aligned with love and trust. This is how the mind is renewed, the body finds peace, and the soul is restored. Healing is not just feeling better, it is living in alignment with truth.

01/03/2026

Not everything a child does is a reflection of their parents.

Parenting as if every success proves you’re doing it right, and every struggle means you’ve failed, is exhausting and unbiblical. Children are not extensions of us, they are image-bearers with their own hearts, choices, and spiritual battles.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood…” Ephesians 6:12

Sometimes kids struggle because of internal shame, personal sin, fear, or spiritual attack, not because of bad parenting. Even in loving homes, children wrestle. Scripture never promises struggle-free kids, only a faithful God.

When we treat our child’s behavior as a reflection of us, we become defensive instead of present, and controlling instead of compassionate. That pressure doesn’t lead to growth, it leads to hiding.

“There is no fear in love. Perfect love drives out fear.” 1 John 4:18

Parenting isn’t about perfection, it’s about presence.
Not control, but connection.
Not image management, but love and truth.

“He who began a good work will carry it on to completion.” Philippians 1:6

You are not your child’s behavior.
Grace belongs to both of you.

01/02/2026

Your struggles do not define your identity.

Failure is not who you are.
Failure is an experience.

It’s like walking in the rain.
You feel it.
You get wet.
You’re uncomfortable for a moment.

But you are not the rain.

Hard seasons can soak you, slow you down, and make the road harder to see, but they do not rewrite who God says you are.

Scripture reminds us that we are not defined by our weakest moments but by our identity in Christ.
“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1

You can acknowledge the storm without becoming it.
You can learn from the fall without wearing it as a label.
You can walk forward even while drying off.

Your identity is not your struggle.
Your identity is secure.

01/01/2026

Annoyed and frustrated parents often punish kids for mistakes.
Spilled milk.
Forgotten homework.
Emotional overwhelm.

But mistakes are not sinful.
They are developmental.

Psychology is clear.
The brain learns through error and repair.
The prefrontal cortex, which governs impulse control and planning, is still under construction in children.
Mistakes are part of healthy brain development.
Learning requires safety, not fear.

Scripture is also clear.
Sin is willful disobedience of the heart, not immaturity of the mind.
Ephesians 6:4 tells parents not to provoke their children to anger, but to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Discipline is formative, not reactive.

Punishing accidents produces shame.
Shame hides.
Proverbs 13:18 shows that correction is meant to bring honor, not humiliation.

God does not punish us for being human.
Psalm 103 says He remembers that we are dust.
Hebrews 12 teaches that the Lord disciplines those He loves, for our good, so we may share in His holiness.

Discipline corrects sinful patterns.
Training addresses growth and skill.
Confusing the two creates anxious, secretive children.

Integrated parenting uses both truth and grace.
Clear boundaries.
Safe connection.
Consistent correction.

Train the heart.
Protect the nervous system.
Model the character of God.

12/31/2025

Being resilient is such a positive thing.
We celebrate it. We praise it. We tell people to “be strong” and “keep going.”

But what we don’t say out loud enough is this
while you are being resilient, it usually hurts and it is deeply uncomfortable.

Resilience is not the absence of pain.
It’s choosing to stay present inside the pain.
It’s getting up while your nervous system is screaming for relief.
It’s doing the right next thing without the emotional payoff.

If you’re tired, sore, grieving, angry, discouraged, or numb
that doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It often means you’re actually doing the work.

Growth stretches us. Healing exposes us. Obedience costs us.
Pain does not mean God has abandoned you
and discomfort does not mean something is wrong.

️Resilience is often quiet.
Unseen. Uncelebrated.
And holy.

So if it feels hard right now
that doesn’t mean you’re weak,
it might mean you’re becoming stronger in ways that matter most.

12/29/2025

🎙 EPISODE 172 | IZZY GRIFFIN-WARNER | SURVIVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The final episode of 2025

In this powerful closing conversation of the year on Asking Why, Clint Davis sits down with Izzy Griffin‑Warner founder of Redd Dott Jewelry.

Izzy shares her journey of surviving domestic violence, navigating learning disabilities, and breaking free from a toxic relationship—ultimately finding healing through faith, therapy, and creativity. Her story is a reminder that survival doesn’t end at escape; it continues through restoration, purpose, and courage.

🌟 What if your pain could become your purpose?
💖 Key takeaway: Our deepest struggles can become catalysts for creativity, resilience, and change.
💬 If this resonates, you’re not alone—and help is available.

🎧 Watch the full episode — link in comments.

12/26/2025

It’s not just the bad things that happened to you that shaped you.
It’s also the good things that were supposed to happen and didn’t.

The comfort that never came.
The protection you needed but didn’t receive.
The affirmation you were wired for that was absent.
The safety, consistency, guidance, and presence that should have been there.

Those gaps don’t just disappear.
They form beliefs.
They shape attachment.
They influence how you see yourself, God, and others.

Trauma is not only about what hurt you.
It’s about what was missing when you were hurting.

Healing means grieving both.
Naming the wounds and the losses.
Allowing God to meet you not only in your pain but in your unmet needs.

You are not broken for needing what you never got.
You are human.
And restoration begins when pain is seen and truth is received.

12/25/2025

12/24/2025

Christmas Eve is a beautiful day
Filled with anticipation for our long awaited Savior

But for many, Christmas is also heavy

For those who have lost loved ones
Parents
Children
Or who find themselves in a season of deep pain

At CDCiW, we want you to know this
You are seen
You are not forgotten

We pray that you would know the love of a God who chose to come near
A God who stepped into suffering
So that in your greatest moment of need
You could approach Him with confidence
Knowing without a doubt
He understands

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us”

You are not alone this Christmas
And you do not have to carry this season by yourself

Grace and peace to you tonight 🤍

12/23/2025

🎙 Asking Why Podcast – Episode 170
Clint Davis with Dr. Joe Malone | Navigating Women’s Health

Here’s a look back at a powerful conversation from a few weeks ago on Asking Why Podcast.

In this episode, Clint Davis sits down with Dr. Joe Malone to address critical issues surrounding women’s health, particularly sexual wellness and cancer prevention.

Together, they share personal experiences, examine how lifestyle choices impact long-term health outcomes, and discuss the vital role of education and relationships in fostering a healthy society. The conversation also explores the importance of returning to Christian ethics in understanding sexuality and highlights the responsibility of parents to guide and equip the next generation with truth, wisdom, and care.

🎧 Episode 170 | Asking Why with Clint Davis

👉 Link in the comments

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