(he/him)
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works with adults and mature teens navigating stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, burnout, and major life transitions. Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable individuals who appear to be functioning well on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck internally. My approach is grounded, collaborative, and practical. Therapy with me is not about judgment or pretending to have everything figured out. It’s a space to slow down, think more clearly, better understand the patterns shaping your life and relationships, and begin making changes that actually hold over time. I draw from evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based strategies, psychodynamic insight, and person-centered therapy. I tailor the work to the individual rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach. Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years working in leadership and project-based roles across multiple industries and cultures, including over a decade of work throughout Latin America. That experience continues to shape how I connect with clients facing pressure, responsibility, identity shifts, and relationship stress in both personal and professional life. My goal is to help you feel more steady, self-aware, confident, and connected in your everyday life and relationships.
The first session is an opportunity for us to slow things down and begin making sense of what has been weighing on you. We’ll talk about what brought you to therapy, what feels most difficult right now, and what you would like to feel different moving forward. You do not need to have everything organized or figured out before starting. My approach is conversational, collaborative, and grounded. I’ll ask thoughtful questions to better understand your experiences, patterns, relationships, stressors, strengths, and goals, while also making space for you to speak openly at a pace that feels comfortable. Many clients tell me they feel relieved simply having a place where they do not need to perform, explain everything perfectly, or carry things alone for a while. We will also begin discussing what you want from therapy and what kinds of changes would feel meaningful and realistic in your life. Depending on your needs, that may involve developing practical coping tools, improving relationships, reducing anxiety or overwhelm, processing deeper emotional patterns, or building more clarity and confidence in day-to-day life. The first session is less about pressure or immediate solutions and more about building connection, understanding, and a clear direction for the work ahead.
One of my greatest strengths as a therapist is creating a space that feels both grounded and genuinely useful. Clients often tell me they feel comfortable opening up with me while also appreciating that sessions have direction, depth, and practical value. I aim to create an environment where you can slow down, think clearly, and work through difficult experiences without feeling judged, rushed, or overwhelmed. My approach balances insight with action. I help clients better understand the emotional patterns, stress responses, relationship dynamics, and internal narratives that may be keeping them stuck, while also developing practical tools that support meaningful change in everyday life. Therapy should not feel like endless processing without movement, nor should it feel overly clinical or formulaic. I integrate evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, mindfulness, psychodynamic therapy, attachment-informed perspectives, and strengths-based work depending on each client’s needs and goals. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, I tailor therapy to the individual and the specific challenges they are facing. Clients who work well with me are often thoughtful, self-aware people who want more than symptom reduction alone. They want greater clarity, steadiness, emotional insight, stronger relationships, and a deeper understanding of themselves and how they move through the world. I also bring a broader life perspective into the work through years of leadership, international experience, and working across different cultures and professional environments. This helps me connect naturally with clients navigating pressure, responsibility, burnout, identity shifts, and relationship stress in both personal and professional life.
I am best positioned to work with adults and mature teens who feel overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, disconnected, or under constant pressure despite appearing capable and functional on the outside. Many of my clients are thoughtful, self-aware people who struggle with overthinking, stress, anxiety, burnout, self-criticism, relationship difficulties, or a growing sense that something in life no longer feels sustainable or aligned. I frequently work with clients navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship and interpersonal conflict, work-related stress, identity shifts, emotional exhaustion, and questions around purpose, direction, or connection. Some clients come in with a clear idea of what they want help with, while others simply know they are tired of carrying everything alone and want space to better understand themselves and what needs to change. I work especially well with clients who want therapy that feels both grounded and genuinely useful. Many are looking not only for symptom relief, but also for greater clarity, emotional steadiness, stronger relationships, healthier coping patterns, and a deeper understanding of themselves. My approach tends to resonate with people who value insight, honesty, collaboration, and practical growth over quick fixes or surface-level conversations.
Anxiety
Depression
Men's Issues
ADHD
Anger Management
Career Counseling
Man
White
Adults (18 to 64)
Colorado
Aetna
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the core approaches I use to help clients navigate anxiety, stress, depression, burnout, and major life transitions. CBT helps people better understand the relationship between their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and stress responses so they can begin interrupting patterns that keep them feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or self-critical. In our work together, we may explore recurring thought patterns, emotional reactions, and habits that no longer serve you while developing practical tools that support clearer thinking, emotional balance, confidence, and more effective day-to-day coping. My approach to CBT is collaborative, grounded, and tailored to the individual rather than rigid or overly formulaic. The goal is not simply to “think positively,” but to help you respond to yourself and your life with greater awareness, flexibility, and steadiness.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an important part of my work with clients who feel emotionally overwhelmed, highly stressed, reactive, or stuck in patterns that make relationships and daily life harder to manage. I use DBT-based skills to help clients navigate intense emotions more effectively, stay grounded under pressure, communicate more clearly, and respond to difficult situations without making things worse in the moment. Our work may include building practical tools for managing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, conflict, impulsive reactions, self-criticism, or chronic stress. I also incorporate mindfulness and distress tolerance strategies that help clients slow things down, regain perspective, and respond more intentionally rather than automatically. My approach to DBT is practical, collaborative, and supportive. The focus is not on perfection, but on building greater emotional steadiness, self-awareness, resilience, and confidence over time.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Person-Centered Therapy is a foundational part of how I approach the therapeutic relationship. I believe meaningful change happens when people feel genuinely heard, respected, understood, and safe enough to speak honestly without fear of judgment or pressure. I work to create a calm, collaborative space where clients can slow down, reflect more clearly, and explore their experiences at a pace that feels manageable and authentic to them. Rather than positioning myself as someone with all the answers, I see therapy as a partnership built on trust, curiosity, empathy, and mutual respect. This approach helps clients reconnect with their own strengths, values, insight, and sense of direction while creating a grounded foundation for deeper emotional work and practical change. It also integrates naturally with more structured, skills-based approaches when additional support or tools are helpful.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic Therapy helps clients better understand the deeper emotional patterns shaping how they relate to themselves, other people, and the world around them. I use this approach to explore how earlier experiences, relationship dynamics, attachment patterns, and longstanding beliefs may continue to influence present-day emotions, reactions, and behaviors, often outside of conscious awareness. In practice, this may involve identifying recurring relationship themes, understanding emotional triggers, exploring internal conflicts, or noticing patterns that repeatedly lead to stress, disconnection, self-criticism, or frustration. The goal is not to endlessly analyze the past, but to develop greater self-awareness and clarity about why certain experiences feel so difficult or familiar. As clients gain insight into these patterns, they are often able to respond to themselves and others with more flexibility, steadiness, intention, and self-understanding rather than feeling stuck in automatic reactions that no longer serve them.