About Me

I'm passionate about supporting people who want to transform unnecessary suffering into an experience of greater aliveness and wholeness. 

If you’re looking for a professional, sensitive, and clear presence who can help you thrive in relationships, explore the mysteries of your being, and unfold your hidden potential and aliveness, you’ve come to the right place.
 
My formal training includes a Master of Divinity degree from Naropa University—a full time, three-year intensive training in Buddhist psychology and practice, interfaith chaplaincy, communication, and spiritual counseling. I am also trained and certified in the Hakomi Method of Psychotherapy.
 
I’ve worked in the human services field for over a decade, including mentoring teens in the foster care system; providing spiritual support to people at the end of life as a hospice chaplain and volunteer manager; and as a psychotherapist in private practice.
 
My approach to therapy is collaborative and creative--rooted in building a relationship where you feel connected, understood, and accepted for who you are. I focus on working with individuals (especially men) and couples who want to heal and learn new ways of being in order to have more thriving relationships.
 
In addition to my formal training, I draw on and am inspired by nearly two decades of yoga and mediation practice, and the ongoing discoveries of fully engaged living as a husband, a father, and lover and student of the wild, more-than-human world.

What lights me up about my work as a psychotherapist is experiencing how a relationship can be a sacred space where two human beings meet around what matters most in life, and that both my clients and myself can grow meaningfully, and for the better, through that encounter.  

Beyond my psychotherapy practice, I am also a carpenter, and enjoy being with my family, slowing down in nature, and dancing. 

Education & Certifications
M.Div. Naropa University  
B.A. Middlebury College
C.H.T Hakomi Insitute (Certified Hakomi Therapist)

Related Professional Training
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy for Couples Immersion & Essential Skills
Relational Life Institute (Terry Real) 
Men & Women In Love Training 
Clinical Pastoral Education (1 Unit) - Centered Life: Education, Counseling & Spiritual Care
internship providing end-of-life spiritual support to hospice patients and their families
Advanced Hakomi Professional Training
two year training in Mindfulness-Based, Somatic Psychotherapy
Hakomi institute Teaching Assistant
two-year training in teaching Hakomi therapy to psychotherapists and body workers
Path of Freedom Training
mindfulness-based emotional intelligence model for at-risk and incarcerated youth 
Restorative Justice Facilitator Training
peace making process for addressing interpersonal or community conflict 
Mens Standing up Training
preventive education program teaching boys about consent, healthy masculinity, and bystander intervention
Mindfulness Instructor Training
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training w/ Donna Farhi

*I am registered to practice Psychotherapy as a  as a Non-Licensed / Non-Certified Psychotherapist under the State of Vermont's Board of Allied Mental Health Practitioners roster.(Credential # 097.0081493).
















 
 

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