I specialize in working with anxiety, dissociative disorders and religious trauma. I currently have a private practice in Tacoma, Washington.
I have been a therapist helping people since 1999. I help people work through PTSD, religious trauma, depression, anxiety, repetitive negative behavior patterns, end-of-life transition, grief & loss, adjustment to physical disabilities, bipolar depression (depression & mania), suicidal tendencies, and a variety of other issues.
I started my private practice in 2007, and hold a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University. I have discovered from my own inner work and personal trauma recovery that the power to heal is within oneself. My personal inner work has also sent me on a deeper exploration of the teachings of meditation and mindfulness.
I have had formal meditation training based within many ancient religious traditions since 2000 and have studied, practiced, and taught numerous techniques of meditation and mindfulness. By utilizing and combining the methods of mindfulness with western counseling techniques I have born witness to my own healing as well as healing in the clients I serve. In working with others, I draw not only upon my education, but also upon my experience of being a father and from immersing myself in cross cultural understandings of consciousness. I have studied with teachers on the nature of consciousness here and in such cultures as Peru, Spain and South Korea, as well as personal explorations in nature.
I believe that I can help you to go into difficult psychological places and hold a safe space for you. I believe I can help you to be honest in a way that you may have found difficult with others. I strive to always come from a place of integrity, personally and professionally, and to guide others from the same place.
