Hope for the Hurting Seminars

With Clinical Counselor/Chaplain Dr. Kenneth Brown, LMFT

D.Min., M.Div., Dip. O.P.C., B.Sc., AAMFT

“Mending Minds, Healing Hearts, Restoring Relationships”

Dr. Kenneth Brown has continually served as a registered, licensed clinical counselor for 39 years, since 1987, having assisted over 7,000 clients with 70,000-plus hours of face-to-face counseling through his agency, Hope Counseling Service. For 39 years, and as a Florida Approved Clinical Supervisor for 25 years, Dr. Brown has assisted over 50 counselors to become licensed Mental Health Counselors and/or licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and supervised MA interns for 5 postgraduate colleges.

In 2003, Dr. Brown, together with his darling wife, Lynn, co-founded the Florida licensed child placing/adoption agency called Hope for Families Adoption Services, Inc., and they have assisted over 2,500 people adopt 3,000 children while maintaining an A Plus Rating on the BBB.

In 1979, Dr. Brown began counseling and lecturing police officers, then became a sworn law enforcement officer with the Metro Toronto Police Force (MTPF), co-founded the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers and instituted a 24-hour crisis telephone hotline for Peace Officers and their families, both of which spread coast to coast across Canada. Dr. Brown retired from MTPF in 1989 to pursue his doctorate in marriage and family therapy and began a counseling practice focused on assisting 5 local police agencies and the first responder community.

Dr. Brown is an ordained chaplain with the International Fellowship of Chaplains, serving as an auxiliary chaplain with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, and he also counsels their deputies when needed through the Employee Assistance Program. Dr. Brown is a Certified Crisis Responder and Trauma Specialist and has been on the Treasure Coast Critical Incident Debriefing Team for 23 years.

Dr. Brown has had a radio program for 8½ years and a television program for 2 years, was a regular contributor to TBN and a variety of Christian radio/TV programs, and since 1974 has provided many presentations for his community through his Hope for the Hurting Seminars, including the current Hope for the Hurting and Healing the Wounds of Faith series.

Full credentials

• Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.), Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Ontario Theological Seminary
• Dip. O.P.C.: Diploma in Police Sciences, Ontario Police College (graduated with top honors)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of Toronto
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, State of Florida, #MT1805
• Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT #81631)
• Florida Approved Clinical Supervisor (25 years); 50+ counselors supervised to licensure; MA interns for 5 postgraduate colleges
• Certified PTSD interventionist (EMDR, CBT, PE, RTM)
• Certified Level One Critical Incident Stress Manager (ICISF #13134)
• Certified Crisis Responder and Trauma Specialist; Treasure Coast Critical Incident Debriefing Team (23 years)
• Certified Divorce Mediator
• Preferred Member, American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
• 70,000+ clinical hours with 7,000+ clients and families since 1987
• Ministerial credentials, Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (1978)
• Ordained minister, Evangel Fellowship International (1999); 40+ years of ministry
• Member, St. Lucie County Ministerial Association
• Auxiliary Chaplain, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office (including Employee Assistance Program counseling for deputies)
• Chaplain, International Fellowship of Chaplains
• Former sworn officer, Metro Toronto Police Force (MTPF), retired 1989
• Co-founder, Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers, and founder of a 24-hour crisis hotline for Peace Officers and their families (Canada)
• Host and producer with his wife, Lynn, of the Christian radio program Hope For Families on WCNO 89.9 FM (8½ years)
• Television program on Sky Network (2 years)
• Regular contributor, TBN (Joy in the City, Ask the Doctor); Canada’s 100 Huntley Street
• Hope for the Hurting Seminars since 1974: Mending Minds, Healing Hearts, Restoring Relationships