A Little About Me

My path to being a psychotherapist wasn't a straight line. Over more than 30 years, I've worked in military service, corrections, correctional forensics, and crisis intervention. Consequently, I've sat with people in some of the most difficult circumstances human beings face. Over these decades of my career, I've worked with people from across the United States and around the world, in settings that don't leave much room for anything but honesty.

That history shapes how I work. While I truly value what the literature brings to this work, I draw just as heavily, maybe more so in some cases, on lived experience alongside people who've carried some of the hardest things. That said, I view life and psychotherapy through a humanistic lens, which means I start with you as a person, not a diagnosis.

While trauma is at the center of much of my work—first responders, veterans, and ordinary people who've lived through awful and extraordinary things—people come to me for many reasons: anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, substance use, life transitions, and more. Whatever brings you here, I'll be straight with you about whether I can help, and if I'm not the right fit, I'll say so and help you find someone who is.

My primary approach tends to be heavily grounded in neurosomatic psychotherapy, which means we're working with the whole person, including the body, brain, and nervous system, not just talk and paperwork. But every client is different, and your treatment plan will be tailored to your specific strengths, needs, and goals, drawing on a range of evidence-based approaches.

More on my education and credentials is below.

If you think I might be a fit, reach out through whatever method feels safest or most convenient for you.