Kathi Cameron | SpeakerHub

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Bio

I am a retired kinesiologist and clinical counsellor in private practice. I hold an undergraduate degree in kinesiology, a masters degree in exercise and sport psychology and a masters degree in clinical psychology. I have over 30 years of professional experience that combines exercise science and psychology, health promotion, and mental health.

I am an educator, facilitator, and presenter in a wide variety of topics related to health promotion (exercise / nutritional psychology, stress/anxiety management, burnout, psychological safety @ work, exercise Rx for mental health, and much more). I have served as a sessional lecturer in kinesiology and exercise and sport psychology at both the college and university levels.

My graduate research focused on transformational leadership as a way to increase exercise adherence. Currently, I offer workshops and presentations on self-lead leadership to address psychological safety, burnout, and mental health in the workplace. I am known for my humour and ensuring that all strategies, tools, and skills offered to learners are based upon reality and the psychology of behaviour change.

I have worked with non profit, municipal, provincial, and federal governments; spending 12 years with the Canadian Armed Forces in health promotion education. As a writer, I have publications in book, chapter, and article formats focusing on exercise psychology, aging, and body neutrality in exercise settings.

I have recently developed two popular trainings related to exercise prescriptions for mental health and trauma-informed practice for educators and health practitioners.

Current position (1)

Clinical Counsellor and Speaker

Kathi Cameron, Mental Health and Human Performance

Degrees (3)

Kinesiology

University of Victoria

1992 to 2000

Exercise & Sport Psychology

University of Victoria

2002 to 2007

Clinical Psychology

University of Victoria

2013 to 2015

Presentations

Presentations (6)

Exercise Rx for Mental Health

This presentation offers an engaging examination of the current culture of exercise and how it may be creating a barrier to promoting the integration of exercise as a way to manage and even reduce symptoms related to depression, anxiety, disordered eating, addictions, bi-polar, and schizophrenia.
Learners will walk away with a practical template and behavioural strategies that will allow for easy participation in exercise while sticking to it for life.

Eating Disorder Prevention for Caregivers and Educators

This presentation will speak to the current trends in disordered eating while offering strategies that will help prevent and manage disordered eating. Topics will include; review of diagnosable eating disorders, examination of our own beliefs around diets and body image, and strategies that relate to how we talk and behave around youth that will support healthy body image and relationships with food and exercise. This presentation is ideal for educators, counsellors, medical professionals, caregivers, and the like.

Burnout Awareness & Prevention

This popular workshop not only addresses the common understanding of burnout, but goes deeper. We will examine the neuropsychology of burnout, the causes of it, how to manage it through lifestyle strategies, cognitive behavioural strategies, and education related to the nervous system's response to stress and adverse experiences of the past and in the workplace. Learners will leave with strategies they can begin to practice the same day and considerations for life long burnout prevention.

Leading with Courage

Leadership presentations and workshops tend to speak to those working on the front lines without engaging or speaking to those in the highest leadership positions.
Unlike many leadership presentations, this one is not for the faint of heart. Leading with Courage goes deeper into the motivations and psychology of leadership. We will examine and define what it means to be "self-lead" and offer the learner the opportunity to look within themselves to address faulty beliefs, motivations, and practices that may lead to a toxic workplace.

Topics will include; examining the parts of us that want to lead, personal motivations and beliefs of leadership, current transformative strategies that promote workplace psychological safety, and much more!

The Psychology of Performance

Whether you are an athlete, coach, CEO, student, public speaker or anyone in a performance related situation, this workshop is for you. We will examine the common (and not so common) factors that get in the way of our self-confidence to perform well.

Learners will leave with a greater understanding of their own challenges and the tool box of strategies that will help support them moving forward. This presentation is a blend of research and strategies from sport psychology, behavioural psychology, and neuropsychology.

Healthy Aging and Retirement

What does it take to enjoy a healthy and well retirement? What are the daily habits of healthy agers? This presentation will examine both by offering strategies related to lifestyle, mental health, and overall wellbeing. Topics will include finding purpose after retirement, addressing mental health challenges including adverse childhood experiences, and lifestyle strategies to support healthy relationships, mobility, and overall health.