I’m a therapist and Pacific Northwest native—raised in Olympia and now based in Shelton, Washington. I work primarily with high-functioning adults who are dealing with real-world pressure: burnout, trauma, identity strain, and the kinds of problems that don’t have easy answers. A lot of my clients are medical professionals, military and first responders, or gifted and neurodivergent folks who don’t quite fit into standard boxes.

I’ve been in the field since 2016 and have worked across community mental health, family crisis intervention, in-home services, intensive care coordination, and developmental disability support. I opened my private practice in 2022. Before all that, I had a short stint in the USMC (cut short by injury) and worked as a personal trainer while finishing school—so I tend to think in terms of systems, consistency, and what actually works over time.

My approach pulls from existential humanism, positive psychology, and positive disintegration, with a practical, systems-oriented lens. Translation: I treat people like adults, assume they’re capable of more than they’ve been told, and help them build a life that functions—not just one that looks good from the outside. Also, yes, we’re allowed to laugh sometimes. Therapy doesn’t have to feel like a dentist appointment.

Outside of clinical work, I’m usually tinkering with some kind of project—cognitive systems, psychometrics, writing, or building out tabletop RPG ideas that may or may not ever see daylight. I’ve always liked strategy and story-driven systems (chess, D&D, etc.), partly because they’re fun and partly because they’re a surprisingly good way to think about real life.

I’m also a husband and a father. My wife and daughter and I live on a small farm, where we spend a lot of time gardening, raising animals, and figuring out (sometimes by trial and error) what we’re doing. Fatherhood has been one of the most meaningful and humbling roles I’ve taken on—it turns out kids don’t care about your theories, only whether you show up.

When I’m not working, I tend toward things that are tangible and a little stubborn: traditional longbow shooting, bushcraft, and an ongoing interest in medieval history. Sci-fi and fantasy are where I recharge; the woods are where I reset.

This work matters to me. It’s a privilege to sit with people in difficult seasons and help them get unstuck, think clearly, and move forward—ideally with a little more stability and a little less chaos than when they started.