Ages I work with:
Adults and adolescents 16+
Languages I speak:
English
Who I am:
I use he/him pronouns.
I love working with:
- Over-thinkers who struggle with repetitive cycles of rumination, worry, mental
compulsions, and chronic indecision - People with OCD, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, panic disorder,agoraphobia, and insomnia
- People with fears of flying
My training background and therapy approaches include:
I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale and completed my predoctoral internship at the Salem VA Medical Center in Salem Virginia. I went on to complete my postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for OCD and Anxiety-Related Disorders at Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute, where I continued to practice for over four years treating anxiety at the outpatient and IOP level of care. I offer both exposure and response prevention (ERP) and Inference-Based CBT
(ICBT) for OCD. The primary therapeutic models I use are Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
How I help:
Clients’ desire to fix or problem solve their unpleasant thoughts misleads them to stay stuck arguing with their own mind or gritting their teeth and white-knuckling their way through life. I help clients break out of this cycle by teaching them to distinguish between thoughts that are worthwhile and useful to attend to versus those that aren’t and then acting accordingly. The beginning stages of therapy typically focus on changing how clients relate to thoughts, followed by a focus on putting those skills into action through behavioral change.
Clients can expect to learn how to address their anxiety during sessions and then apply what they learned with daily homework between sessions.
My approach is collaborative and personable, and I try to break down therapeutic concepts into straightforward and readily applicable tools. I aim to empower my clients by teaching them the strategies they will need to eventually act as their own therapist and continue to maintain their progress long after they have completed therapy.
More about me:
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife and two children, hiking and enjoying the outdoors, disc golf, and playing guitar every chance I get.