Ken is an Experienced Therapist who has worked Full Time in a wide variety of settings with people of All Ages and Needs since early in 1979. He has an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology as well as a Masters Degree in Social Work. Over the past Forty Years, Ken has continued Regular Training and Wide Ranging Skill Development; staying Current with New Developments in his Field and Beyond.
His career began in Child Welfare covering one third of Cumberland County. His responsibilities included working with a mixed caseload of intake, caring for Children in Temporary and Permanent Foster Placements and Adoption.
Ken was then employed at the Abbie Lane Hospital in Halifax working in the field of Psychiatric Social Work on both Inpatient and Outpatient Units. While there, he also supported families of Adults who were on a Behavioural Unit for Individuals with Extreme Developmental Disabilities
In 1982, he and his Wife, also a Social Worker, moved to British Columbia becoming Full Time Live-In Group Home Parents for Three Years. There they ran a Therapeutic Treatment Home serving up to Five Teenagers and their Families at a time.
Returning to Nova Scotia, Ken first began to work directly with Palliative and Grief Issues, assisting many Cancer Patients and their Families at the Halifax Infirmary Hospital on the Medical and Orthopaedic units.
Several years later, his move to the IWK Children’s Hospital saw his main responsibility in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. He also served as the Social Worker on the Neurosurgery and Neurology Units. For the Five Years Ken was at the IWK, his exposure to Trauma and Grief significantly informed his approaches with this work.
In 1992, Ken was part of a Forward- Thinking group of Therapists who opened Breakthrough, a Private Therapy Co-Operative. Instead of focusing on the Individual Problems, a Person’s Strengths with which to help them Address the Challenges in their Lives was the goal. For the next Twenty-Five Years at Breakthrough, Ken’s Goal was to provide Highly Skilled and Compassionate Support looking at Client’s Own Gifts to Deal with Issues Confronting Them.
Ken is now Operating his Own Individual Psychotherapy Practice within the space of The Compass Rose Health and Wellness Centre
