Kent provides virtual counselling and life coaching for clients in North American and beyond from his home in Goderich, Ontario, Canada. His vocational spectrum includes serving as an inner-city youth worker, elementary and high school teacher, school principal, pastor-teacher, long haul truck driver, hospital chaplain, counsellor, and life coach. Kent’s own journey has afforded him plenty of oppo
rtunities to experience most of the joys, stresses, and emotional and practical challenges of personal relationships, parenting children, teens and adult children, job losses, vocational transitions, health crisis, and the loss of loved ones. He understands the necessity of support, perspective and hope. Kent’s Bachelor’s degree in environmental studies/psychology, Master’s degree in education, certification in Choice Theory and Reality Therapy through the William Glasser Institute, certification with the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals, and registration/license as a psychotherapist with the college of registered psychotherapists of Ontario enhance his 45 years of counselling experience so he is able to provide hope and insight for teens, adults, and couples. His publications “I Have A Choice? Creating Better Relationships and Increasing Your Personal Happiness” (2010, 2021, Amazon) and “Relationship Owner’s Manual” (2019, Amazon) continue to provide practical guidance and skills for persons seeking to enrich their lives. For information and services contact kent.lifematterscounselling@gmail.com and KentShelley.net.
