As a counselor, I am not easily shaken by difficult histories or painful pasts. I am fully present with my clients and their experiences, no matter how complex or challenging they may be.

I take a direct and, at times, uncomfortably sincere approach to counseling. I reject political polarization and believe that, at our core, we are all human—each of us carrying a mix of neuroses and wisdom. My work spans a wide range of challenges, including acute and developmental trauma, combat veterans, highly conflicted couples, individuals resistant to change, and those navigating personality disorders. One of the most rewarding aspects of my practice is running fully equitable men’s groups, which create a space for deep connection and growth. I value balancing the masculine and feminine and see being human as a profound personal and spiritual achievement.

We all carry insight and misunderstanding, pain and joy, freedom and constraint—qualities that allow us to heal and grow. I work to help my clients operate more realistically and find greater satisfaction in their lives on this good earth.

As a therapist, I go beyond creating a "nice space" to see what unfolds. My approach is intentional and courageous, challenging both myself and my clients to engage deeply from the very start. I would rather someone discover after two sessions that we are a powerful match—or not—than prolong a superficial process. I bring courage and expect the same from my clients, believing that real change requires boldness.

I integrate mindfulness into therapy, focusing on the immediate experience—working with power, fear, desire, aversion, and somatic sensations. I find that tuning into the body can bring unconscious material into awareness, creating a path to healing and helping us establish a new, more realistic and satisfying "normal."

I feel profoundly fortunate to have learned from incredible teachers, trainers, and mentors. My background includes extensive training in Hakomi, somatic trauma therapy, developmental trauma, and character work, which have equipped me to understand the major spiritual, emotional, and cognitive challenges we face as humans.

If you're ready for transformative work, I invite you to reach out. Let’s see what we can achieve together.

I am a Hakomi practitioner, among many other psychotherapeutic trainings and orientations. The essence of the Hakomi method lies in assisted self-study conducted in a state of mindfulness. This approach helps clients uncover and explore unconscious beliefs and organizing principles that shape their habitual patterns of thought, emotions, sensations, somatic habits, and behaviors.

By bringing these unconscious patterns into awareness, clients can make new choices, release stuck emotions, shift ingrained somatic patterns, and open up to new sources of nourishment, greater clarity, refined behavior, move with and through emotions in satisfying ways, and so on. Hakomi provides a framework for understanding how we continually construct our ongoing experience and our sense of self, offering the potential for transformation in how we engage with life.