(he/him)
New to Grow
I’m Will. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from The Ohio State University and my master’s in Clinical Psychology from University of Denver. I see therapy as a space where we can slow things down, sit with what’s really happening underneath the surface, and better understand the patterns, emotions, and protective responses shaping your experience. I’m here to help hold and explore feelings with you, not judge or push them away. We can resist to acknowledge certain emotions because of a lot of things; shame, “shoulds,” self-judgment. beliefs we’ve absorbed from others. But mostly because its just becomes a reflex established in childhood that kept us safe. Feelings do not have to be objectively true or rational (the amygdala tends not to care about that) to deserve our attention and empathy . When we slow down enough to acknowledge and hold space for them, emotions can return to their original purpose: giving us information about our needs, wants, boundaries, and experiences instead of quietly driving behaviors underneath our awareness. I won’t lie — this work can feel challenging and even awkward at first. Most of us were never taught how to truly sit with ourselves. But in my experience, this kind of work creates deeper and more lasting nervous system change than only relying on coping skills to manage emotions. Your emotions and feeling are who you are, when the are free to be expressed and acknowledged my clients find parts of themselves that were previously thought to be loss.
In our first session, I usually spend time getting to know you while also explaining how I approach therapy. I tend to give a lot of psychoeducation around attention, the nervous system, vagal theory, and how somatic/Gestalt therapy can be different from more traditional talk therapy. We’ll start noticing patterns in real time instead of only talking about them. After the first couple of sessions, I usually take a bit more of a step back and let the process become more experiential and collaborative. Slowing down, noticing your body, and sitting with feelings is not something most of us are taught to do and can be uncomfortable. exploration of this uncomfortably is just part of the process. “Your comfort zone is a great place to be but nothing can grow there.”
One of my biggest strengths as a therapist is my curiosity. I genuinely enjoy helping people explore and understand themselves rather than forcing them into a box or jumping too quickly to solutions. I also have ADHD myself, which helps me connect well with clients who feel scattered, overwhelmed, overstimulated, or like their mind is constantly moving. I also bring personal experience with mental health struggles into the room, which gives me a deeper understanding of how confusing, frustrating, and isolating internal experiences can feel. Because of that, I try to create a space that feels human, collaborative, and nonjudgmental.
My ideal clients are usually the people who say things like, “I don’t even know what’s going on with me,” “I feel disconnected all the time,” or “My brain just won’t stop.” I work really well with people dealing with trauma responses, overthinking, numbness, shutdown, anxiety, low self-esteem, or that constant feeling of being somehow different from everyone else. A lot of the clients I connect best with are really good at functioning on the outside while internally feeling confused, emotionally disconnected, or stuck in patterns they can’t quite explain. I especially enjoy helping people start recognizing their nervous system reflexes — the automatic ways they protect themselves through overthinking, people pleasing, shutting down, staying busy, going numb, etc. My style is pretty interactive, present-focused, and honestly a little ADHD-friendly. I like therapy to feel human, engaging, and real — not just sitting there analyzing you for an hour. We slow things down, notice what your mind and body are doing in real time, and help you build more connection to yourself instead of constantly fighting your internal experience. I especially love working in person with clients who want deeper healing, self-understanding, and more emotional stability — not just coping skills to “manage” everything forever.
Other specialties
I identify as
Gestalt
I use Gestalt therapy to help clients become more aware of what is happening in the present moment instead of getting stuck replaying the past or worrying about the future. A lot of healing happens when we slow down enough to notice emotions, body sensations, and patterns as they are happening in real time. This helps create more flexibility in the nervous system rather than staying trapped in automatic reactions.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS helps clients understand the different “parts” of themselves, like the anxious part, critical part, people-pleasing part, or shutdown part. Instead of viewing these reactions as flaws, we explore how they developed to protect the nervous system. This approach often helps clients develop more self-compassion while creating less internal conflict and more emotional balance.
Somatic
Somatic work focuses on the connection between the body and emotions. Many people try to think their way out of anxiety, shutdown, or trauma, but the nervous system often needs a direct physical experience of safety before change can happen. I help clients notice patterns like tension, numbness, restlessness, or collapse and work with the body in a way that feels manageable and grounding.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness helps clients build awareness of thoughts and emotions without immediately reacting to them. I often focus on helping clients shift from being consumed by their thoughts to observing them with more space and curiosity. From a neuroscience perspective, this can help calm overactive threat responses in the brain and improve emotional regulation over time.