I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Advanced Alcohol, Drug & Addiction Counseling Practitioner, Clinical Chaplain, Thanatologist, and Approved Clinical Supervisor. I provide counseling, assessment, and intervention services to help clients meet their goals for a more authentic life. I have a passion for providing quality care, support, and services to my clients through a person-centered approach that incorporates interventions from various theories and methodologies. I believe in helping clients process past traumatic experiences that have contributed to current struggles in their lives that may be contributing to other challenges in life. I strive to incorporate a client’s spiritual beliefs into the treatment protocol to holistically address their needs. My experience and passion for improving the field of mental and behavioral health guide me as I help others in their journey of personal growth and healing to experience freedom from their past and hope for their future.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Therapy is about seeking solutions while fostering change and growth. You will have the opportunity to become more aware of yourself as we examine your thoughts, feelings, actions, and human spirit. You will develop new insights, learn healthy life skills and strategies, and derive meaning from your life experiences. We will build upon your unique strengths and qualities and leverage them with your natural ability to heal while leading you to feel more in control of the life you want to live.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
My approach to therapy is first and foremost about listening to you. In a safe and supportive environment, you can share your internal and external struggles and challenges without any judgment. We will develop a personalized treatment plan, or road map, to guide us in a therapeutic process that seeks to foster your well-being. I will apply both the science and the art of counseling guided by research, training and education to help you to meet your therapy goals. My goal is to provide an evidenced-based best practice therapeutic experience that is person-centered to you. I always seek to integrate interventions from various theories and methodologies to help you discover the answers needed to guide you on your journey to wholeness, personal growth and transformation.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I have worked in the fields of spiritual and pastoral care, grief, loss, bereavement, and trauma as well as mental and behavioral health for the past 25 years in both private and community-based settings. My passions include working with the homeless and disadvantaged as well as helping faith communities develop and implement mental & behavioral health social action programs. Some of my specialty areas include working with both adults and families struggling with addiction issues, grief & loss, and trauma as well as providing chaplain services. He also provides workshops on death, dying, and bereavement as well as mental health and addiction and envisions spanning research in these areas to contribute to both the academic and clinical backdrop.