Background

To summarize my background, I completed my college and graduate school studies at the University of Michigan and University of Maryland in 1984. Since then, I have worked in a variety of positions as a psychotherapist and consultant in private practice and as a teacher and supervisor in the Fairfax County, Virginia community mental health system.

I have attended hundreds of training sessions on different approaches to psychotherapy, and participated in/lead hundreds of groups to enhance my own understanding of human and relationship dynamics. I count my endless curiosity and desire to learn more about people among my most valued personal traits, and feel incredibly blessed to spend my days helping other people enhance their insights about living their lives with more fulfillment and satisfaction.

I have come to see the realm of psychotherapy as a place where wisdom in living is explored and developed through conscious dialogue and collaborative problem solving. For more detail on my work life, see my full resume. As noted in my description of Philosophy, I see my own life experiences as providing essential guidance that I hope to utilize in our psychotherapy dialogue.

I value tremendously the hard work my wife of 45 years (who also became a therapist like me and works in a private practice of her own) have put into raising two children to successful, happy adulthood, and working to build multiple community groups together.

I appreciate that I can fall back on my own struggles with compassion when talking to people about the complicated dilemmas we all face in the complexities of modern life. I look forward to what I can also learn in helping you work through whatever struggles and questions you are currently facing in your own life. As Martin Buber has written:

“it is in the realm of the unknown that all meaningful I-Thou understandings and meaningful engagement exist.”
Martin Buber – I and Thou

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