Originally from California, Kevin received his masters in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2011 from Regis University and has more than a decade of professional experience helping families heal from addiction through various mental health organizations. In 2014, Kevin established his private practice, Petersen Family Counseling, which specializes in working with families and individuals struggling with addiction, codependency, and parenting.
Kevin has published two books: Chronic Hope: Parenting the Addicted Child and Chronic Hope: Families & Addiction, which share an integrated, holistic approach to healing families in crisis due to addiction and codependency. He established The Chronic Hope Institute in 2020 with a mission to help families in crisis through family addiction coaching and empower mental health professionals with this training to help families. Dedicated to strengthening the family system, Kevin turns helplessness into hope.