More Than 50 Years of Helping People Find Their Way Through

I did not come to mental health counseling through a textbook alone.

Before I became a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I spent more than five decades as a pastor, walking alongside individuals, couples, and families through some of the most difficult seasons a human being can face. Grief. Addiction. Broken marriages. Crisis of faith. Depression. The quiet desperation of people who looked fine on the outside while falling apart on the inside.

Those years taught me things no graduate program could fully teach. I learned how people actually suffer. I learned what genuine hope looks like when it is earned rather than assumed. I learned that most people are not looking for someone to fix them. They are looking for someone who understands them well enough to help them find their own way forward.

That understanding is at the heart of everything I do as a therapist.

I hold three graduate and undergraduate degrees that together reflect both the breadth and depth of my commitment to understanding people and helping them heal.

BA in Psychology from The King's College Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University

I am a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and hold certifications and memberships through several professional organizations, including:

This breadth of training means I bring more than a single therapeutic lens to my work. I draw from multiple evidence-informed approaches and adapt my methods to the specific needs, personality, and goals of each individual client.

Practical. Collaborative. Forward-focused.

My approach to therapy is grounded in a simple belief: people are more than their diagnoses, their symptoms, or their most painful experiences. The clients I work with are almost always more capable than they feel in the moment they reach out. Part of my job is to help them see that again.

I primarily use Solution Focused Brief Therapy, which means we spend less time analyzing everything that went wrong and more time identifying your strengths, clarifying what you want, and building practical steps toward getting there. This does not mean we avoid hard things. It means we face them with a clear sense of direction and purpose.

I also integrate therapeutic hypnosis for clients who are interested in going deeper. As a clinician trained through three separate hypnotherapy organizations, I use hypnosis professionally and ethically as part of a broader therapeutic process, never as a gimmick or a shortcut. For many clients it becomes one of the most valuable tools in their healing.

My style is direct without being harsh. Encouraging without being unrealistic. I will not simply reflect your thoughts back at you for months on end. I will engage with you, challenge you thoughtfully when it serves your growth, and help you move from understanding your situation to actually changing it.

I work best with adults who are thoughtful, self-aware, and genuinely motivated to create change, even when that motivation is buried under exhaustion, discouragement, or years of feeling stuck.

My clients include:

A free discovery call is a brief, no-pressure conversation where you can share what is going on, ask any questions you have, and get a sense of whether working together feels right. There is no commitment and no obligation.

The first step is simply reaching out.

I personally read every message and respond promptly.

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