I ACKNOWLEDGE that I am not the best fit for everyone.

I have specialized in helping couples using the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy.

I work with individuals using Intense Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (IS-TDP) and other behavioral based models as needed to help people make sense of their emotions and experiences in life.

I also work with kids if they are willing to talk instead of play in therapy (usually this happens around 12 years old). I have worked with kids in a Acute Psychiatry setting as young as 4 years old, but do my best work with people who do not need play interventions for therapeutic impact.

I do not work with people needing documentation for legal purposes (ex. meeting 10 times to show a third party attempted progress) or those needing supervised visits with children/dependents.

Your therapy with me will be especially helpful to you if you are a proactive person, want to understand yourself and want my help to help you connect with yourself in a deeper way.

I have a variety of clinical experiences that can help lots of people including those with:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Trauma & Abuse (survivors and offenders)

  • Addiction/Recovery

  • Family of Origin Problems

  • Self-Harm

  • Suicidal Thoughts/Impulses

  • Grief & Loss

I also help people who may not have a specific mental health/DSM5 diagnosis, but who are experiencing difficulties like:

  • Relationships in Distress

  • Boring Relationships

  • Affair(s)

  • Sex (not orientation but related to difficulties being close/sexual)

  • Christian Worldview

    • I have been trained in a seminary to help Christians make meaning of their faith with their emotions, but if you are not a Christian that is not a problem for me. I have worked with many people who are come from other faith traditions including those from Islam, Buddhism and atheism/postmodernism.

  • Low Self-Esteem

  • Destructive Relationship Patterns

    • As a Parent, Child, Sibling, etc.

    • As a Romantic Partner

  • Sense of Self/Person: Who am I (could include personal identity, religion, orientation/identity)

  • Feeling stuck in Life

  • Not Accepting Yourself

  • Perfectionism

  • Guilty Conscious

Nobody accomplishes anything significant alone.

But nobody accomplishes anything significant by accident either. Just because you need others doesn't mean you can wait for others to make it happen.

You have to act as if you are a force of nature and try to bend the universe in your desired direction—while remaining pleasant and open to help along the way.

James clear, 2022