Professionally: I have many years of mental health counseling experience in both in inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facilities. I also have extensive experience in both inpatient and outpatient substance abuse treatment. I have worked with individuals who came of their own volition and those mandated by drug court or the department of corrections. I have been a clinical supervisor for an adolescent residential program. I have been a director of a large men's residential therapeutic community. I have been a director of intensive outpatient services at a private psychiatric/ mental health facility. I am currently a clinical supervisor of several large outpatient clinics in addition to my private practice work.

Therapeutic Style : It is difficult to describe all that I do as a counselor because every case is unique. I enjoy being in the moment, connected to my clients. In order to have a connection with others I try to create a space where they feel there is nothing worth hiding. I guide at times but mostly I listen. I listen with all my senses. Open to all the messages that are being sent by my clients I am able to steer the process toward insight and awareness. When an individual is aware he or she has the capacity to see what has become of them, and to see how to be free of what has come over them. Often this is a gentle process of gradual progress, other times it is swift, anxious and/or exhausting. No matter, I am always there supporting, encouraging, and guiding.

I know I haven't heard it all, but, I have worked with many abused and victimized individuals. I have also confronted and treated abusers and offenders who are usually past victims themselves. I have listened to all manner of non-truth, and can help most anyone weed through the lies they tell themselves and others.

My training is in Client Centered, Gestalt, and Cognitive Behavioral / Solution Oriented Therapies. I come from a mental health training background but I have integrated my years of extensive chemical dependency experience into my technique. This along with many years of meditation experience and training has given me a better understanding of the human mind most specifically the Western Mind. Although I have studied the Eastern Mind and the psychology of the east extensively, I have used this pursuit in order to gain insight into the mind of myself and those I serve. I am an American with a love of my country and people. In order to live free, I have the responsibility, to help free my fellow Americans, and anyone else striving to be free. I know that true freedom is inner freedom and I live the true spirit of American freedom everyday in my quest to free the minds of all that I see. This quest is the energy behind my extensive experience and hard won insight.