Background

I have more than 24 years of experience working with children and families. I started out my career as a social worker back in 2000.  I worked with elderly and disabled adults. I went on to also work in Child Welfare. In 2008 I completed my master's degree in Counseling Psychology  and have worked since then as a therapist. Over the years I have worked with adults, children, teens and families in a variety of settings. 

I have  a kind, gentle, non-judgmental approach; and I do like to laugh. Don't worry, I can call you out when needed! I feel it is essential that  people feel at ease in the therapeutic environment. I have worked with many individuals struggling with many different challenges, but I seem to gravitate most to working with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, faith crisis, LGBTQ issues. 

I love spending time with my wife of 29 years and our three daughters and of course our two year old Beaglier,  Pumpkin. We enjoy movies, games,  being together out in nature, singing, laughing.  Just being together. The West Coast/Pacific Northwest has to be among my/our favorite places to go.

Specialties:

Grief – Depression – Anxiety – Trauma - LGBTQ - Faith Crisis.   I work with adults, teens and couples.

Approaches to Therapy:

I use variety of approaches in therapy to meet the individual needs of my clients. I feel it is important to meet you where you are. These approaches include DBT, CBT and TF-CBT, Solution Focused, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness and Grief work techniques.

         Education and Training:

 I received my bachelor’s degree from Southern Utah University in   Psychology in 2000.  I then continued my education and received a  master’s degree in Counseling   with an emphasis in  Marriage and   Family Therapy  from Chapman   University in 2008.  I am a   Licensed Marriage and Family  Therapist in Utah.

 I am specialty trained in DBT, TF-CBT and Grief.