I understand what it's like to be successful by every external measure — and still feel like something essential is missing.
Why I do this work…
I started my career as a therapist, spent over a decade in the corporate world building businesses and working in leadership — and then chose to come back.
That path wasn't accidental. My time in business gave me something most therapists don't have — a firsthand understanding of the environment high-functioning men operate in, the pressure that comes with it, and the particular kind of stuck that success alone can't fix.
Coming back to therapy was a deliberate choice. I knew there were men who needed real support but didn't know where to find it — or weren't sure anyone would actually understand their world. That's exactly who I built this practice for.
How I Approach This Work
I'm a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Minnesota and one of a small number of Brainspotting Consultants in the country. That distinction means I don't just use this method — I have deep expertise in it and supervise other therapists in its application.
I'm also completing my training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and hold a certificate in Polyvagal Theory. These approaches work directly with the nervous system — where stress, trauma, and entrenched patterns are actually stored. Not in the story you tell about your past, but in the automatic responses your body has been running on for years without your permission.
This is why these methods work for men who have already tried talking about the problem. Understanding it isn't the issue. Changing it at the level where it lives — that's the work.
What I bring that other therapists do not
I own two businesses. I understand the hustle, the pressure of being the person others depend on, and what it takes to deal with things outside your control in a way that keeps you moving forward rather than feeling left behind.
I also hold an MBA alongside my clinical training. When you talk about performance pressure, leadership, and professional stakes — I don't need the context explained. I already understand it.
Who I work with
I keep my caseload intentionally small and focused. I work with high-functioning men dealing with patterns they can't stop, relationships under strain, burnout that won't lift, or experiences from the past that are still running the present.
These are capable, self-aware men who have often already tried to figure it out — through talk therapy, through willpower, through understanding the problem better. What they haven't tried is working at the level where the patterns actually live.
That's what we do here.
Credentials
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (MN)
Brainspotting Consultant
Polyvagal Theory Certificate/ Play Zone Pro Certificate
Trained in Somatic Experiencing - Intermediate Level
Master of Business Administration
Master of Arts in Counseling and Psychological Services
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Sociology of Law, Criminology and Deviance