More about me...
Approach and philosophical framework
I view therapy from a humanistic, trauma-informed lens. Interventions are eclectic but tend to focus on cognitive-behavioral, narrative, EMDR, ego state, solution-focused, and relational-cultural approaches. As a long-time writing teacher and certified “music nerd,” I am interested professionally in how various expressive arts intersect with my clinical work in ways that both build the therapeutic alliance and help clients gain insight into themselves and their relationships.
EMDR
I help clients sort through and reprocess complex developmental, psychological and cultural trauma when it contributes to the symptoms they present. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is my primary method. I am EMDR-trained and finishing EMDRIA certification this year with an EMDRIA-certified supervisor.
Who I am
I have have lived and worked in Colorado for 30+ years, first as a camp counselor not far from where this photo was taken, then as a high school English teacher--where I spent 18 years teaching every high school English course imaginable--and now as a school counselor and therapist. Along the way I ran a test-prep tutoring business and co-authored a Barron's guide to the ACT test...
...Personally, I'm a married father of 4. My children range in age from 5 to 24, which gives me plenty of perspective when it comes to young people. I love skiing, backpacking, golf, reading, Colorado professional sports, and cooking, in my kitchen or in my wood-fired, outdoor pizza oven.
"We are never too old or too wounded to receive healing waves of the personal delight of another."
- Dr. Bonnie Badenock, Ph.D., 2018.