Kevin DeKam, MA, LLPC

Kevin DeKam
As of June, 2012, and for at least the two years following, Kevin DeKam will be on leave from the Fountain Hill Center while serving in the mission field in Zambia.  For more information regarding Kevin or to be connected with another therapist during his absence, please contact one of the Fountain Hill Center Support Staff.

Kevin DeKam is a Limited Licensed Professional Counselor who has been working with individuals and families for over a decade and with the Fountain Hill Center since 2006. Trained and oriented in family systems, his practice is largely focused on relationship issues. He also provides individual counseling to children, adolescents and adults on a variety of personal issues and he offers some court-related services.

Kevin worked for over 8 years with abused and neglected children in the Kent County Child Welfare System, providing a foundation for his work with children and with families, but also for his focus in the area of trauma. As a husband and father, Kevin has a particular interest in working with boys and men of all ages and with father/son relationships. Kevin also welcomes the integration of faith and spirituality in the counseling process.

Therapy Services Offered

Family/Relationship

  • Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Couples/Marital Therapy
  • Family Counseling
  • Parenting Support
  • Blended and Non-Biological Families
  • Divorce

Individual

  • Relationship Issues
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Self-Defeating Behaviors
  • Childhood Abuse/Neglect
  • Life Purpose
  • Spirituality

Court-Related Services

  • Parent Coordination
  • Supervised Parenting Time
  • Parenting Time Evaluations

Also ask about these upcoming groups and retreats:

  • “Just Who Do You Think You Are, Anyway?!” – An Identity Development Group for adolescent boys
  • Parenting Support Group
  • Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse Group
  • Life to the Fullest – a Spiritual Boot Camp Retreat for men
  • Father/Son Encounter Weekends

Education

  • Hope College, BA in Psychology 1999
  • Western Michigan University, MA in Counseling Psychology and Community Counseling 2005

Credentials

  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology (emphasis in clinical and physiological psychology)
  • Masters of Arts, Counseling Psychology and Community Counseling (emphasis in marriage and families)
  • Limited License Professional Counselor
  • Temporary Limited License Psychologist (inactive)
  • National Certified Counselor, Board Eligible
  • PREPARE/ENRICH Certified Pre-Marriage Counselor
  • Level I Certified EMDR Therapist
  • Partner at the Fountain Hill Center since 2006

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