(he/him)
New to Grow
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over eight years of clinical experience working with teens and adults. I specialize in OCD, anxiety, trauma, and addiction, and I use evidence-based approaches including ERP, EMDR, and Flash Technique. My style is direct, structured, and collaborative, with a focus on helping clients reduce distress, build practical coping skills, and create lasting change.
Our first session is focused on clarity, assessment, and direction. I will ask questions to understand your history, current symptoms, and what you want to change. Together, we will identify initial goals and discuss which treatment approach best fits your needs. You can expect a structured, collaborative conversation that gives you a clear sense of next steps.
My approach is direct, structured, and evidence-based. I work well with high anxiety, intrusive thoughts, compulsive patterns, and trauma-related symptoms without avoiding what is difficult. I balance validation with accountability, helping clients build practical skills while also addressing deeper patterns. Clients often appreciate that therapy with me feels focused, goal-oriented, and grounded.
I work best with teens and adults dealing with OCD, anxiety, trauma, addiction, and relationship issues who are looking for structured, evidence-based therapy. Many of my clients feel stuck in cycles of intrusive thoughts, avoidance, emotional overwhelm, or unhealthy coping patterns. They want practical tools, deeper insight, and meaningful real long-term change rather than support that stays vague or directionless.
Anxiety
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Trauma and PTSD
Coping Skills
Couples Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Man
White
Adults (18 to 64)
Teenagers (13 to 17)
California
Arlo
EMDR
I use EMDR to help clients process traumatic experiences that continue to trigger anxiety, shame, or intrusive reactions. EMDR helps the brain reprocess distressing memories so they feel less immediate and overwhelming. I prioritize stabilization first, making sure clients have grounding skills and emotional readiness before moving into deeper trauma work.
Trauma-Focused CBT
In Trauma-Focused CBT, I help clients understand how trauma has shaped their thoughts, emotions, and behavior. We identify self-blaming or distorted beliefs that developed in response to trauma and work to replace them with more balanced, evidence-based perspectives. This approach combines structured skill-building with gradual processing so clients feel supported throughout the work.
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is a gold-standard treatment for OCD, and I use it to help clients reduce compulsions and respond differently to intrusive thoughts. Together, we gradually face feared triggers while resisting rituals, reassurance seeking, or avoidance. Over time, this helps retrain the brain to tolerate uncertainty and reduces anxiety’s control. The work is structured, collaborative, and paced to build confidence.
Grief Therapy
Grief therapy in my practice focuses on making space for loss without forcing closure or rushing the process. I help clients work through complicated grief, identity shifts, and unresolved emotions after death, separation, or major life transitions. The goal is to help clients carry the loss in a way that allows for continued meaning, connection, and growth.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
I use mindfulness-based strategies to help clients regulate anxiety, reduce reactivity, and become more aware of thought patterns. This can include grounding skills, breathwork, and learning to notice intrusive or distressing thoughts without immediately reacting to them. Mindfulness can strengthen emotional regulation and support long-term resilience.