Biography

Over the past twenty years I have worked with people from all walks of life, providing mental health therapy and coaching, enabling them to achieve success in their lives. I combine an eclectic blend of therapeutic modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. I utilize EMDR to help clients adaptively process trauma and strongly believe in helping people develop a regular mindfulness practice.

Outside of my private practice I have worked as a therapist in many different settings including psychiatric inpatient units, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs and in the outpatient level of care.

During my tenure in the field, I have spent almost fifteen years devoting my time to mission-based organizations like Planned Parenthood and Providence Health & Services. While managing psychiatry clinics, partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs for Providence, I was instrumental in developing new services like ECT, implementing the first psychiatric virtual visit service and creating the first geriatric psychiatry specialty clinic. I also established the first counseling program for Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette.

I have a passion for paying it forward and for over a decade I have enjoyed providing individual and group supervision for therapists as well as mentoring master’s level student interns as a Field Instructor for Portland State University, Pacific University and Lewis & Clark College.

Being born and raised in the Northwest it feels natural for me to find solace in nature. My wife and I enjoy hiking with our dog Pepper, traveling and immersing ourselves in other cultures. I find catharsis playing music and singing with my band Ten Million Lights.