WHAT I HELP WITH
Services built for the things that actually bring people in.
Trauma. Anxiety. The relationships, patterns, and quiet weights you’ve been carrying. Specialized therapy that meets each one for what it is — without rushing or oversimplifying.
“You don’t need a label or a perfect explanation of what’s wrong. Showing up is enough — we’ll figure out the rest together.”
Therapy for the experiences that still feel close.
Trauma isn’t always one big event. Sometimes it’s the accumulation — the things that taught your nervous system to stay on guard long after the danger passed. Either way, it’s treatable, and you don’t have to relive everything to recover.
What it can look like
What seeking help is really like
Most people wait years before reaching out — convinced what they went through wasn’t “bad enough” to warrant therapy. It almost always is. Coming in doesn’t mean you’ve fallen apart. It means you’re ready to stop carrying something alone.
How we work on it
Using evidence-based approaches like EMDR, parts work, and trauma-focused CBT, we go at your pace. Safety and stability come first, processing comes second, integration comes third. Your nervous system sets the speed — never the other way around.
For the racing mind and the body that can’t seem to settle.
Anxiety isn’t a character flaw. It’s a signal — your system trying to keep you safe from a threat that may not be there anymore. We work on both sides of that: the signal and the system underneath it.
What it can look like
What seeking help is really like
Many of the most outwardly capable people I work with come in saying “I shouldn’t need this — I’m fine, I’m just tired.” You don’t have to be falling apart to deserve help. Anxiety often hides best inside people who keep performing through it.
How we work on it
Practical tools you’ll start using right away — for nervous system regulation, thought patterns, and sleep. Underneath that, the deeper work of asking what’s keeping the alarm system stuck on. Both layers matter; we work both.
For the heaviness that’s settled in and won’t lift.
Depression rarely looks like sadness from the outside. It looks like exhaustion. Distance. Going through the motions. Losing interest in the things that used to matter. Whatever shape it’s taking — we can work with that.
What it can look like
What seeking help is really like
One of the cruel things about depression is that it makes the act of asking for help feel pointless. If part of you doubted this would work — that part can come, too. We don’t need belief to start, just willingness.
How we work on it
Structured, evidence-based therapy (CBT and behavioral activation as a foundation), combined with the deeper relational and trauma work depression often turns out to be rooted in. Small, real shifts you can feel — not motivational speeches.
For the things men are rarely given room to say.
A lot of men come to therapy on someone else’s recommendation, half-convinced it’s not for them. I get it. This isn’t the kind of therapy where you’ll be asked to perform vulnerability for an hour. It’s the kind where we work on what’s actually getting in the way.
What it can look like
What seeking help is really like
The hardest part is walking in. After that, this is just two people talking — practically, directly, with the goal of figuring out how you got here and what you actually want next. No couches, no clichés.
How we work on it
Plainspoken, goal-oriented, and grounded. We name the problem, look at the system around it, and build a path forward. As a husband and father, I get how much weight you may be carrying without saying anything about it. We work on putting some of it down.
For partners stuck in the same arguments.
Most couples don’t have a communication problem. They have a pattern problem. The same conversation keeps ending the same way. We work on the pattern — and on what each of you is actually trying to say underneath it.
What it can look like
What seeking help is really like
Couples often wait until things feel close to broken. You don’t have to. Therapy works better earlier — but it can also work when things feel pretty far gone, as long as both of you are willing to show up honestly. Both partners attend together.
How we work on it
Attachment-informed and direct. We map the loop you’re stuck in, slow it down, and replace it with something that lets you actually hear each other. Communication tools that work in real life, not just in the room.
For adolescents navigating a world that didn’t exist when their parents were their age.
Teens today are dealing with anxiety, identity questions, and social pressure on a 24/7 hyperconnected stage. They’re not weaker than previous generations — they’re working with harder material. Therapy can be a real anchor.
What it can look like
What seeking help is really like
Most teens roll their eyes at the idea of therapy. That’s fine. They don’t have to want it at the start — they just have to show up. As a father of four, I know how to talk to a teenager without talking down to them, and I keep parents appropriately in the loop without breaking the teen’s trust.
How we work on it
Developmentally appropriate, relational, and practical. We start by building actual rapport — not asking probing questions in the first session. From there, we work on the skills and conversations that move them forward.
HOW WE MEET
In-person or online — same depth of care.
Most clients land on a mix. Use whatever fits your week.
Private Pay
$150 / 50 minute Session
Private pay keeps your care fully confidential and free of insurance restrictions on session length or diagnosis.
Insurance & Superbills
In-network with select plans
I accept [list plans] and can provide monthly superbills for out-of-network reimbursement on other plans.
A Good Faith Estimate is provided to every uninsured or self-pay client per the federal No Surprises Act.
Not sure which of these fits? That’s okay.
The free 15-minute call is for exactly that. You describe what’s going on, I help you figure out what kind of work would help most.