Since 2011, I’ve worked with adults who look capable and put-together on the outside but feel anxious, stuck, or disconnected underneath. Most people who reach out aren’t lacking effort or insight, they’ve usually tried a lot. What they’re missing is a way to actually change patterns at the level they’re formed.
My work focuses on that level.
Over the past 15+ years, I’ve treated depression, anxiety, addiction, and relational struggles using a combination of psychodynamic, relational, and cognitive approaches. I’m trained to help you understand not just what’s happening, but why it keeps happening and how to shift it in a way that holds over time.
I’ve trained under John Townsend, completed his Townsend Leadership Program (TLP), and taught graduate-level counseling at the Townsend Institute. That experience, both as a student and instructor, deeply shaped how I approach change. It reinforced that real growth isn’t just about insight or motivation, but about developing the internal structure to handle reality, relationships, and responsibility well over time.
That perspective is grounded in the kind of character development work described by Henry Cloud—the idea that success in life isn’t limited by talent as much as it’s shaped by the person underneath it.
In practice, that means we’re not just reducing symptoms, we’re building the underlying capacities that actually make life work. Things like the ability to face reality honestly, stay connected in relationships, set boundaries, and follow through in meaningful ways.
A core part of my framework comes from the developmental model in Henry Cloud’s book: Changes That Heal, specifically the idea that lasting growth depends on building capacities like connection, boundaries, emotional integration, and personal responsibility. When those areas are underdeveloped, people tend to stay stuck, regardless of how hard they try.
In addition to private practice, I’ve led clinical teams, built behavioral health programs within hospital systems, and taught at the graduate level. That breadth of experience means I bring both depth and structure into the work, we’re not guessing at what helps.
Today, through Dynamic Growth Counseling, I help people move out of repetitive patterns and into a more stable, grounded way of living, where they can think clearly, relate more effectively, and follow through on what actually matters.
