Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Adolescent/Teen
- Group
About My Clients
My ideal clients are individuals and couples navigating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, or depression who want evidence-based support to process the past and build lasting stability.Many are facing relationship conflict or major life transitions and are ready to strengthen communication and resilience.I also work with those managing mood disorders, self-harm, or suicidal ideation in a safe, non-judgmental space, and clients seeking to rebuild self-esteem and develop a clearer, stronger sense of identity.
My Background and Approach
My path to becoming a therapist was anything but conventional. As a former Navy SEAL, I spent years operating in high-stakes environments that taught me resilience, discipline, and the real cost of unprocessed trauma. I began training as a therapist in my late 40s after those experiences shaped me for the better, realizing I could help others shape theirs. My approach is eclectic, shaped by diverse experiences. I let reality guide my thinking rather than force it into rigid frameworks. I see myself as a guide to each client's own experience — I can't know exactly what someone else feels, but I can ask the right questions and offer useful reflections. My communication style is direct while empathetic. I meet you where you are and focus on skill-building with the tools that make real connection possible.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe awareness is half the battle in anything and the other half is a willingness to do the work. Real change doesn't happen through insight alone, it happens when we're willing to act on what we see, even when it's uncomfortable. I believe everybody already has the tools to be who and how they want to be. Life has a way of adding layers to the outside of us — old wounds, other people's expectations, roles we never chose — that make it difficult to find the person already there. My job isn't to hand clients a new identity; it's to help clear away what's covering the one that already exists. I've seen firsthand, in combat and in the therapy room, how much capacity people carry that they don't recognize in themselves. Much of my work is helping people stop confusing constant motion with genuine growth, so they can act from clarity instead of avoidance, and become who they already are rather than who they think they're supposed to be.