Gender	Male
Occupation	clinical psychologist
Location	Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Introduction	Kevin Keough, Psy.D, is a 55 yo native Delawarean with a 27 yo daughter who is studying elementary education and a 21 son studying finance. They live in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Keough earned a B.A. Degree with Distinction, with a major in psychology and minor in philosophy, from the University of Delaware. He earned a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in clinical psychology from Baylor University. He served an internship in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Mental Health Division. Dr. Keough completed his first year of post-doctoral supervision toward licensure as a staff psychologist at Western State Hospital; with an appointment to the University of Virginia Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, as an associate professor in psychology. Dr. Keough completed a second year of post doctoral supervision working as staff psychologist in a juvenile prison in Delaware within the Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services. Keough initiated self-employed private practice in 3.1991 working in a private practice group called Associates in Health Psychology where he stayed for roughly 2 years.
Interests	BIO Kevin Keough, Psy.D, is a 55 yo native Delawarean with a 27 yo daughter who is studying elementary education and a 21 son studying finance. They live in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr. Keough earned a B.A. Degree with Distinction, with a major in psychology and minor in philosophy, from the University of Delaware. He earned a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in clinical psychology from Baylor University graduating with a 3.85 GPA. . He served an internship in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Mental Health Division. Keough was credited with changing the group therapy model at the center to a Yalom style here and now approach. He was supervised by psychiatrists and psychologists in short term psychodynamic therapy, behavioral medicine, and medical psychology and psychopharmacology. Dr. Keough completed his first year of post-doctoral supervision toward licensure as a staff psychologist at Western State Hospital; with an appointment to the University of Virginia Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, as an associate professor in psychology. He developed and supervised a new dual diagnosis program for the most volatile and disturbed patients in the hospital. He oriented and co-supervised psychiatrists in training doing rotations on this unit. Dr. Keough created and used an instrument to be used to track patient’s progress called the MIDAS or mental illness-drug abuse assessment scale. BIO
Favorite movies	He established the Marriage and Family Center of Delaware (MFCD) in 6.1993 where he offered a broad range of psychological services including formal testing, initial assessments, individual, couples, and family therapy. He worked with adolescents and adults from diverse backgrounds with a broad range of presenting problems. During this time Dr. Keough developed extensive collaborative relationships with family physicians. internists, psychiatrists including a partnership with a psychiatrist for nearly ten years. He served as a consultant to schools, businesses, and various community organizations. Keough taught an Advanced Placement Honors Psychology course for two years at a local high school. He consulted with Salesianum school screening and referring students to physicians and mental health professionals as necessary. He worked extensively with the DuPont Company employees during a protracted and difficult period of downsizing and outsourcing in the 1990’s. Keough visited each of Delaware’s DuPont sites to present preventive programs to assist in coping with dramatic changes within the company
Favorite music	Dr.Keough traveled to the University of Denver to obtain training in the PREP approach to couples counseling developed by Dr. Howard Markman and Dr. Scott Stanley (http://www.prepinc.com ) He alerted the public to the unique benefits of this model in numerous public forums. He twice gave presentations at the State of Delaware’s Division of Prevention annual convention focused on a model “Divorcing Parents Program” he developed. Dr. Keough served as Chairman of the Delaware Psychological Association’s Political Action Committee from 1994-1996. During this time he met with federal, state, and local politicians to advocate for parity in insurance coverage for mental health services. Additionally, he consulted with local businesses in successful efforts to educate decision makers about the benefits and cost effectiveness of providing employees insurance coverage for mental health services. Keough was active in the Delaware Psychological Association’s Continuing Education Committee; he was instrumental in bringing nationally recognized psychologists to Delaware for workshops and seminars. Dr. Keough established the Police Psychology Consultation Center (PPCC) and related web site in 1995. The mission of the Police Psychology Consultation Center was to ensure that police administrators and rank and file police officers and their families had access to comprehensive, competent, and integrated mental health and family services/resources/information. Dr. Keough served 15 different law enforcement departments during this period Dr. Keough was an associate of the Special Psychological Services Group, the nation’s largest and most respected network of police psychologists.. He participated in approximately 50 ‘active’ ridealongs to be exposed to the rigors of different aspects of patrol duty. Dr. Keough worked with the New Orleans police department for a week, days after Hurricane Katrina hit.
Favorite books	Dr Keough established the Light Therapy Company following five years of intensive personal and professional investigation of light therapy and negative ion generators as treatment interventions. .Additionally, Dr. Keough conducted audio interviews with prominent authors and leading figures in contemporary culture from 2006-2010. He launched the North Star Guardians Podcast and Warrior Traditions Podcast in 2007 with the assistance of Deborah Harper, owner and president of Psychjourney. Dr. Keough transitioned from his traditional role as a licensed psychologist in 2005 with a fundamental shift to work as an educator, consultant, and public advocate for the delivery of evidence based prevention-early intervention educational modules covering “cradle to grave” topics. These modules can be delivered in schools, churches, business, continuing education, martial arts schools, police departments, etc. without a need for involvement by mental health professionals beyond initial training of trainers. Additionally, Dr. Keough conducted audio interviews with prominent authors and leading figures in contemporary culture from 2006-2010. He launched the North Star Guardians Podcast and Warrior Traditions Podcast in 2007 with the assistance of Deborah Harper, owner and president of Psychjourney.

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Dr. Keough now devotes a majority of his professional work to creation and dissemination of information and resources covering a broad of topics through carefully created Internet sites.