Clint Adams

Mental Health Advocate & Coach

Clint Adams is a former Victorian Police Officer who studied psychology and later, Rehabilitation Counselling. His police, counselling, injury management, senior HR roles and working with asylum seekers have allowed him to develop insights into the psychology and social interactions of individuals in trying conditions.
 
He has developed various behavioural and leadership programs to help people deal with various issues from PTSD to bullying and harassment. He is a keynote speaker on Suicide Prevention and Diversity and runs programs on mental health and wellbeing for corporate organisations and sporting organisations for teens.
 
He is the author of a book called Lighting the Blue Flame. The book is written as a story of a teen who commits suicide because of being bullied but wants his death to at least have an impact to change things so it doesn’t happen to others. So he decides to send those he believes are responsible for him being bullied, those who watched and laughed and the school for not doing enough. Ultimately the school gets him involved as a character in the book to help them and the students deal with the suicide, but also look at how they can prevent it from happening again. He also helps the mother deal with her grieving process.
 
The book has a lot of QR codes throughout for more information and also just random things teenagers would send each other on social media, so it is a little more interactive than other books. It also has its own soundtrack as he wanted to add that extra layer of depth to the experience as music can emphasise how people feel and experience things.