I’m a proud nerd from the Pacific Northwest—land of rain, strong coffee, and stronger opinions about board games. I grew up on video games, tabletop worlds, and late-night campaigns, and I still spend half my creative life building my own RPG systems. Dungeons & Dragons, chess, and any good strategy or story-driven game have been with me for decades.

Outside the office, I’m happiest when I’m doing something real and tangible: bushcraft, medieval history, traditional longbow shooting, and the slow, stubborn work of getting better—physically, mentally, emotionally. Fiction (especially sci-fi and fantasy) is where I recharge my imagination; the forest is where I calm my nervous system.

I was born and raised in Olympia, bounced between Tacoma and Seattle, and eventually settled in Shelton on a small farm. My wife, my daughter, and I spend our time tending a garden, raising animals, and adjusting to the very real difference between living on acreage and living in the city. Parenting has been one of the most humbling and sacred tasks of my life—equal parts exhaustion, joy, and soul work. Becoming a father taught me more about nervous systems, attachment, and grace than any textbook ever did.

Before I became a therapist, I spent time in the USMC (cut short by injury), then worked as a personal trainer while putting myself through college. Psychology grabbed me hard, and I never looked back. Since 2016 I’ve worn just about every hat in the field—community mental health, family crisis work, in-home interventions, intensive care coordination, and supporting developmentally disabled adults and children.

In 2022, I started my private practice. My approach is grounded in existential humanism, positive psychology, positive disintegration, and a healthy dose of ludotherapy. In plain English: I meet people where they are, treat them like adults, respect their intelligence, and help them grow into the person they’re actually capable of being—not the version they were forced into.

This work is meaningful to me. It’s an honor to walk with people through the hardest parts of their lives and help them find clarity, purpose, and stability—especially when they didn’t think any of that was possible.