About Me
I’m a sensitive, compassionate, and experienced therapist who believes each person deserves and can create a happier and more fulfilling life. I work with individuals and couples and have experience working with people of diverse backgrounds and issues.
My particular areas of interest are:
Relationship Issues
Anxiety & Depression
Trauma
Stress Management
Emotional Healing
Contemplative/meditative practices
My work combines aspects of multiple therapies, which I tailor to the specific concerns and goals of each person or couple. My post-graduate training is in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Bonding Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFCT) and individuals (EFIT), Gestalt Therapy, Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), hypnosis, and treatment of complex trauma and dissociative disorders.
My spiritual and family life help ground my work. I have participated in meditation and contemplative prayer groups and silent retreats since the early 1980s, and I lead such gatherings online and in churches and secular settings. I am married and the father of two adult children.
Education
Master of Social Work, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia
Professional Credentials and Affiliations
Licensed Certified Social Worker, Clinical (LCSW-C), MD license #07763
Fellow, International Society of Bonding Psychotherapy
Member, Greater Washington Society of Clinical Social Work
Member, Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Member, International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Member, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
