Practice Description
I meet with folks online (using a HIPAA-compliant and HITRUST certified teletherapy service). My hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.I work with adult clients that feel stuck but still want to build more confidence, more inner peace, and harmonious relationships. I enjoy empowering people to trust in themselves and in their partners. I collaborate best with folks who are smart and creative, spiritual but not necessarily religious. Some have been minorities (e.g., immigrants, LGBTQ+, etc.). Many have been professionals. More have been feminists and progressives. Most have struggled with anxiety and depression. All have proven themselves resilient!I focus on building emotional trust and safety with my clients. I mainly practice Person-Centered Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. I find both approaches work very well in teletherapy. I may also incorporate skills-training, such as visualization, meditation, and breath-work. Most clients see improvement within the first eight sessions.I graduated from Earlham College with a major in Classical Studies and a minor in Religious Studies. Afterward, I spent several years at the Earlham School of Religion, studying reconstructive postmodernism, peace and justice issues, and spiritual direction. I left to pursue my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Indiana Wesleyan University, where I met my beloved wife.Since 2011, I have worked with individuals, couples, and families--as a counselor at a substance use hospital, as an outpatient therapist in community mental health, as a home-based therapist helping to reunify families, and as a counselor using EMDR to help heal survivors of crimes, such as domestic violence. I’ve been in my own private practice since 2019, where I particularly enjoy helping individuals and couples heal from anxiety and depression and to improve their relationships.I'm a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and a board member of the state division, the Indiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (IAMFT). I believe it's important to keep IAMFT sustainable, to advocate for MFTs throughout the state, and to be in communication with other mental health professions--as befits a systemic thinker. I've been a guest lecturer on Marriage and Family Therapy theory in several classes at Butler University and would like to work also as an adjunct professor.In my spare time, I enjoy finding new ways to avoid washing dishes, debating whether to get a doctorate, pining to play TTRPGs, and very occasionally jogging (plodding, really) around my neighborhood, where I live with my beloved wife and our fur-baby--a seventy-pound pit-mix, named Dover.