I am a licensed professional counselor in Kansas City, and I work with men. My office is in the West Bottoms, and I see clients from across the metro.

I did not get here by accident. Some of the most important work of my life has been the work I did on myself, and it changed the direction of everything after it. So I am not asking you to go anywhere I have not been. That is most of why I trust this work. Not because I read about it in school, but because I have been on the other side of the chair and found out it was real.

What it is like to work with me

I am direct. I am not going to sit there nodding while you circle the same story for six months. I will tell you what I notice, including when what I notice is uncomfortable. But I am not going to shove you either. You set the pace and I will meet you there.

I do not do performative neutrality. I will be a real person with you. Men have told me things in that room they had never said out loud to anyone, and nothing you bring in is going to end this.

Background

I hold a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level II. My training is psychodynamic and relational, with a focus on narrative work, attachment, trauma, and the body. In plain terms: I pay attention to your history, to what happens between us, and to what your body is doing while we talk.

Before private practice, I worked as a clinical case manager with the acutely mentally ill homeless population in Seattle, and later in case management with children and adolescents. I also spent several years teaching middle and high school. I have been in a lot of rooms with people at their worst. Very little rattles me.

Outside the office

I am a Kansas native, glad to be living and working in the Midwest. Outside the office I do CrossFit and yoga, spend time with my friends and family, support small businesses when I can, and pick up new creative hobbies more often than I finish them.