Healing the unhealthy relationships and behaviors that kill our happiness and hurt our bodies

Ben Trane, the Owner and Director of Midwest Academy a therapeutic boarding school that focuses on helping students and families through therapy and immersion joins eHealth Radio and the Family Health and Relationships Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Ben Trane discuss the following:

• What do you see happening with the youth today?
• Why do you think depression and suicide are becoming so prevalent?
• What can be done to aid in fixing this epidemic?
• What options do families have?
• What success have you found with these families? What works?

Duration: 12:50
Ben Trane was introduced to work in the adolescent treatment field in the summer of 1996 while working at a facility in St. George, Utah. Ben experienced a process of observing families shift from sick and dysfunctional to whole and healthy. This ignited a passion to be in service to families in need.
Ben attended Southern Utah University and majored in Business and Computer Science. While in college, he helped start Teens in Crisis. Teens in Crisis provided struggling families the necessary resources to identify and locate treatment programs and educational services to meet their family’s needs.
Ben also began offering transportation services to provide safe passage for students going into residential care. Through this process he was able to explore various schools and differing philosophies, and gained vast knowledge of what key components created a successful program.
In 2002 Ben ventured east in hopes to find a good central location within the Midwest region to start his own school. He traveled from the upper part of Wisconsin to southern Texas and found a wonderful placed to call home in Keokuk, Iowa. In the spring of 2003, he married his beautiful wife, Layani, and they started Midwest Academy in June that same year.
The school started with humble roots with a few close families working together to launch a small, 10-student program. Midwest Academy grew quickly to over 300 students in the first two years. The student body has fluctuated over the years, leading to the determination that a healthy number of students on campus should remain between 120-150 students. Midwest Academy is one of the largest private therapeutic boarding schools in the country.
Midwest Academy has helped thousands of families since its first student arrived in 2003. During this time Ben has developed a 24-week course on helping individuals and families gain control of their households and personal lives. His dynamic series of personal growth and family seminars are a strong catalyst for change with students and their families. Most students remark that these highly inspired seminars are the most important and memorable part of their healing process.
Ben’s family has grown considerably over the years. He and Layani have 7 children, five biological and two adopted. They reside on the school campus and love the interaction the students can have with their family. In essence, students become an extension of the Trane Family. For The Tranes, Midwest Academy isn’t a job; it is a lifestyle and a passion to be in service to others.

Website: www.midwestacademy.net