Kenneth D. Cameron
Altoona,IA
Summary
Results-driven Behavioral Therapist with 17 years of experience in counseling individuals and families facing social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. I aim to leverage my innovative client relations, management, and counseling skills to foster individual growth and enhance quality of life, ultimately promoting self-sufficiency. A proactive self-starter, I excel in fast-paced environments and possess dynamic communication abilities that facilitate effective collaboration. Known for my positive leadership within team settings, I prioritize tasks efficiently while maintaining a focus on quality service delivery. Committed to professional development, I stay current with industry advancements through conferences and continuing education. Seeking a long-term opportunity to independently practice professional counseling and provide impactful mental health services.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychotherapist Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Broadlawns Medical Center
09.2022 - Current
- Established a safe and supportive environment for clients, fostering open communication and trust during therapy sessions.
- Utilized mindfulness techniques during sessions to help clients develop greater self-awareness and coping skills for managing stressors.
- Built strong rapport with clients through active listening skills and empathic understanding of their experiences, fostering lasting therapeutic relationships.
- Developed personalized treatment plans to address each client''s specific needs, leading to improved mental health outcomes.
- Functions autonomously in providing clinical therapy to clients.
- Works collaboratively with other care team members.
- Conduct intake assessments.
- Provides individual psychotherapy to patients with a variety of acute and chronic behavioral health disorders and mental health conditions.
- Provides clinical consultation and education programs to BMC staff and/or community
- Maintain current documentation of all clinical services provided in accordance with department and organization standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Maintain current Iowa Mental Health Therapist Licensure
Principal Operator/Psychotherapist
Aspire Counseling Center LLC.
05.2013 - Current
- Counsel clients and patients, individual, family and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes
- Engage clients in early intervention procedures that can help individuals with emotional disturbance in their daily life
- Collect information about clients through intake processes, interviews, observation, and tests
- Develop and implement treatment plans based on client needs: clinical experience and knowledge
- Assist individuals with serious emotional disturbances to able them to process and decrease distorted thinking, excessive anxiety, bizarre motor acts, and abnormal mood swings
- Evaluate clients' physical or mental condition based on review of client information
- Establish ongoing relationships with professional/health related groups within the facility and community
- Counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting clients or patients
- Carry out the therapeutic assessment process to help individuals understand themselves better and find solutions to their persistent problems
- The therapeutic assessment goal is to diagnose disorders, plan treatments, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
- Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling programs and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives
- Plan, organize and lead structured programs of counseling, work, study, recreation and social activities for clients
- Modify treatment activities and approaches as needed in order to comply with changes in clients' status
- Assist client in working towards self-sufficiency and discharge
- Discuss with individual patients their plans for life after leaving therapy
Executive Director/Counselor
A New Beginning: Mentor, Counseling, and Resource Center
06.2008 - 06.2013
- Ultimately responsible to oversee the daily operations of the agency including, but not limited to all staff, counseling services, wraparound services, group counseling services, assessments, implementation planning/writing, marketing, strategy, financing, creation of company culture, human resources, hiring, firing, compliance with safety regulations, sales, etc
- Ensuring that the primary focus consistently and continually remains on the children, families, and the communities in which we serve in a passionate, safe, caring, effective and ethical environment to ameliorate maladaptive behaviours, incorporate change in a positive manner with the goal of self-sufficiency in mind
- Ensuring all are working together toward common goals-to help strengthen communities and families
- Ensuring staff have a strong cultural awareness and the ability to rectify issues concerning the basis of cultural differences
Counselor
Families First Inc.
12.2006 - 06.2013
- Provide a variety of Remedial Counseling Services that are skill building interventions that ameliorate behaviors and symptoms associated with psychological disorder areas
- Partake and co-facilitate Group Counseling sessions
- Provide Child Welfare and Protective Services in nature such that there is a child at risk of abuse or neglect and is in need of services to remediate that risk by addressing children or parental behaviors in order to maintain or obtain family unification, safety, permanency, and the well-being of the child(ren) and family
Client Relations Service Administrator
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company
03.2005 - 05.2008
- Responsible for initiation of outbound and receiving inbound calls from customers and agents to maintain business with AEL
- Establish relationships that will retain assets that are at risk of surrender and/or transfer
- Communicate information to policyholders regarding their annuity contract(s)
- Conserve all contracts at risk of surrender and/or transfer to improve AEL growth and profitability
Personal Lines Senior Agent
Allied Insurance Company
06.2004 - 03.2005
- Support Allied (AGIMC) sales staff in marketing and sales (up sell and cross sale) of Personal Lines insurance
- Assist independent agents in their duties to provide superior service to potential and existing clientele
- Develop relationships with agents and clients
Customer Products/Customer Relations Specialist
Iowa Network Services
12.2001 - 05.2004
- Support INS sales staff in marketing telecommunications in the '712' area code to member companies and other potential customer
- Coordinate distribution of marketing materials for telecommunication customers
- Monitor penetrating rates and related revenue streams for all products administered through the Customer Products division
- Work with Marketing Department to develop marketing plans for wholesale customers
Education
M.A. - Counseling
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ01.2009
B.S. - Human Services/Criminal Justice (Minor)
Upper Iowa University
West Des Moines, IA01.2004
Skills
Interpersonal competence
Building rapport
Trauma Management
Motivational Interviewing
Case Documentation
Listening and communication
Crisis intervention
Cultural competence
Treatment Planning
Active listening
Certification
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Iowa, 001356
Additional Information
Board Memberships
Previous Board Membership
Timeline
Psychotherapist Behavioral Health Urgent Care
Broadlawns Medical Center
09.2022 - Current
Principal Operator/Psychotherapist
Aspire Counseling Center LLC.
05.2013 - Current
Executive Director/Counselor
A New Beginning: Mentor, Counseling, and Resource Center
06.2008 - 06.2013
Counselor
Families First Inc.
12.2006 - 06.2013
Client Relations Service Administrator
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company
03.2005 - 05.2008
Personal Lines Senior Agent
Allied Insurance Company
06.2004 - 03.2005
Customer Products/Customer Relations Specialist
Iowa Network Services
12.2001 - 05.2004
M.A. - Counseling
Seton Hall University
B.S. - Human Services/Criminal Justice (Minor)
Upper Iowa University
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Iowa, 001356
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