I am an existential psychotherapist and addictions specialist associate licensed in North Carolina, Colorado, and Maryland. I work with those confronting relationship issues, life transitions, existential questions, and grief. My clients are of many backgrounds, but I specialize and research men, and I am passionate about what I do. For more on how I work, please see "My Approach" and for more on my specialties see "Areas of Focus" .
I began clinical care in residential treatment for adolescent boys in a group facility in 2012, then as a crisis counselor and court advocate at a crisis center throughout college. In 2014, I moved to North Carolina, where I earned my PhD in sociology. During the course of my doctoral research, I became interested in men's mental health and saw a need for care for that population.
I received my master's in counseling soon after my PhD, during which time I completed a clinical internship in adult intensive outpatient substance use treatment in Raleigh and individual psychotherapy in Denver. I trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy at SouthLight healthcare and UNC-Chapel Hill in 2020.
I am a lifelong student and seek to better understand people and how to live in the world around us. I remain engaged with research to better serve others and improve the practice of mental healthcare by developing deeper and more transformative therapeutic practices and communities. I continuously engage with training in existential psychotherapy and I am a member of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
Beyond session with clients, I am committed to the community that makes Durham my home. I do personal work on meaning and attachment and engage with philosophical thought, Spanish, nature, writing workshops, running, cycling, and walking in the outdoors, and art/music.
"Therapy isn't curing somebody of something; it is a means of helping a person explore himself, his life, his consciousness." - Rollo May