I’m glad you’re here
For twenty-five years, I’ve sat with men carrying more than anyone around them fully realized. Work pressure. Responsibility. Quiet stress. Relationships that look functional on the outside, while something underneath feels increasingly disconnected.
Some arrive knowing exactly what needs to change. Others only know they can’t keep living the way they’ve been living.
My work is about helping men understand what keeps repeating, what no longer fits, and what finally needs honest attention
Together, we make space for honesty, insight, steadier relationships, and the kind of change that actually holds once real life resumes.
What makes my work different
I notice patterns quickly
Years of leading therapy groups changed the way I listen.
I notice the shutdown that looks like calm. The humor that arrives when things get too close. The habit of carrying pressure quietly while convincing everyone around you that things are fine.
Most people are not struggling because they lack insight. They’re struggling because the patterns are deeply ingrained.
That’s the work we untangle together.
I teach this work too
I’ve taught graduate-level students group therapy and interpersonal process, systems theory, and practicum at Pepperdine University.
Teaching continually deepens my understanding of relationships, emotional patterns, and the conditions that allow people to change.
How we work together
- Men usually arrive carrying more than one conversation inside them.
- Usually, it’s work pressure, relationship strain, old patterns, responsibility, exhaustion, or the realization that the life they built no longer fully fits who they are.
- My approach is relational, direct, and engaged. I ask questions, notice patterns, and help connect insight to meaningful change.
- Sessions are active and collaborative, not endlessly revisiting the past.
This work fits you if…
- You’ve realized “powering through” has a cost you’re not willing to keep paying
- You need practical tools, not therapy-speak
- You want to handle pressure without it leaking into every other part of your life
- You’re tired of being the one who has it handled when you don’t
- You need someone who won’t pathologize everyday stress or rush you to perform emotions
GETTING STARTED
Book a free 15-minute consultation, phone or Zoom, and we’ll see whether this feels like the right place to begin.