Life can be hard and complicated. You deserve to live easier.
I work with clients to help them understand and navigate life differently. With me on your journey, you will learn practical and effective tools like self-awareness, acceptance, coping skills, communication, respect, and boundaries. You’ll learn about what is causing distress in your life alongside the gifts of grace and self forgiveness.
Regardless of your socio-economic status, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, gender transition interests, relationship constructs, beliefs, practices, spiritual or religious background, or personal interests I welcome and celebrate all. Whether you’re a lawyer, minister, accountant, sex worker, doctor, teacher, convenience store worker, doctor, construction worker, nurse, engineer, or fellow counselor, you are welcome here.
SERVICES, POPULATIONS & SPECIALITIES
I do not accept insurance or employee assistance programs. Clients keep a major credit or debit card on file (FSA/HSA accepted) and are charged the morning of session.
- Services:
- Individual psychotherapy for adults
- Group counseling for adults
- In person sessions available in Houston
- Online sessions available to anyone in Texas
- Focus Populations:
- Helping professionals (therapists, social workers, medical professionals, first responders, law enforcement)
- LGBTQIA+ persons, friends, families and allies
- Survivors of chaotic childhoods and relationships, trauma and religious trauma
- Executives and professionals
- Areas of Specialty:
- Life transitions and discernment
- Sexual orientation, gender identity, and coming out
- Depression, anxiety, bipolar, and adjustment disorders
- Shame and abuse
- Trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
- Spirituality and religion
- Grief and loss
- Adult children of alcoholics & dysfunctional families
- Relationship challenges (Romantic – monogamous, open, poly; platonic; and professional)
- Career challenges and changes
- Chronic pain, illness, and end of life
- Previous incarceration and imprisonment
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Clients working with me experience an empathetic, healing, understanding, authentic, and trusting spirit who accepts and celebrates them just exactly where and as they are. As an added bonus, I provide incredible wit, sass, humor, and a spirit of compassionate directness that I masterfully weave together to create therapeutic change. You are the expert in your life so I simply join your journey helping ease the way at your pace. I work from a humanistic theoretical orientation using psychoeducation and a variety of therapeutic modalities including:
LOCATION
In Houston, I offer in person sessions where my office is designed with comfort in mind. Parking is free and covered.
COST
I do not accept insurance or employee assistance programs. Clients keep a major credit or debit card on file (FSA/HSA accepted) and are charged the morning of session.
- Prospective client consultation / meet and greet (15 minutes) $0 offered online only schedule now
- Individual psychotherapy session (50 minutes) $150*
- Group counseling session (90 minutes) $50
- Group counseling intake session (50 minutes) $100
- *Reduced rates for individual psychotherapy sessions are offered on a case by case basis. If financial limitations impact your ability to secure quality mental health care, let me know.
QUALIFICATIONS
Choosing a counselor is a very important decision, one not to take lightly. The work you are embarking has numerous costs – time, money, and energy. Please prioritize finding the right counselor for you, one you can genuinely connect with – which may nor may not be me. Doing so, you’ll find therapy feels more natural and meaningful. Therapy is my second career and I’ve been working with clients since 2021.
- Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (#81905), Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, 2022
- National Certified Counselor, 2022
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trained, Rick Levinson, LCSW / EMDRIA approved, 2023
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Trained, The Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 2022
- Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Seminary of the Southwest, 2022
- Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communication and Sociology, Texas State University, 2001
In addition to formal counseling education, licensing, and credentials, I bring over 20 years of experience in individual and relationship dynamics through my prior work in human resources and executive management. Visit my LinkedIn profile to learn more.
ABOUT ME
If we work together, I’m going to get to know you very well in session. So, it’s only fair you get to know me, beyond the above formalities. I identify as a laid back guy who is white, middle-class, middle-aged, gay, queer, and a cis-gender male. My fiance and I have two pups (Buddy & Sweetie), two cats (Gomez and Pumpkin), a tarantula (Jack), and several fish (including a red and white flared beta, RuPaul).
I was born in the mid 1970’s near Dallas but grew up in Amarillo. My parents divorced when I was 10 and childhood was chaotic due to alcoholism, substance use, and codependency. Both my parents died at early ages due to smoking related illnesses when I was in my 30’s. I have one older sibling.
After high school I moved to Abilene, TX where I began my undergraduate studies at McMurry University. I stayed there a year and, after coming out, I moved to Austin at the urging of my brother who was attending UT. He wanted me to be in a more gay friendly environment. (Ironic side note, he was a cheerleader at UT but I’m the gay one.) I then finished my undergraduate degree at Texas State University and embarked upon my 20 year HR career which volleyed me between opportunities in Austin and Houston. When my parents died, I experienced quite the existential angst. I decided to retire my HR career and, at the suggestion of my own counselor, entered graduate school to become the psychotherapist I am now.
When not working, I’m typically hanging out my fiance. He and I enjoy spending quiet time at home with our little family, doing puzzles, being with friends and family, playing video games (ok, he does this and I watch), watching shows and movies, shopping (which we call getting our steps in), going to arts festivals, being outdoors, attending shows (music, comedy, and broadway), being artsy, as well as traveling. Meditation and spirituality is also important to me. I find power in steadying myself in a dynamic and ever-evolving blend of western and eastern spiritual beliefs even though I was raised with a progressive Christian faith.
If you think I might be right for your journey, click below and book a time for us to talk.
If a life is in immediate danger, text or call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Are you having a mental health emergency or experiencing a crisis? Text or call 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
LGBTQIA+ community members may feel more comfortable contacting the Trevor Project LifeLine at 1-866-488-7386 or text 678678.
Members of the transgender community also have the Trans Lifeline, a service devoted to offering care and support to transgender people at 1-877-565-8860.
NOTICE TO CLIENTS : The Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council investigates and prosecutes professional misconduct committed by marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, psychologists, psychological associates, social workers, and licensed specialists in school psychology. Although not every complaint against or dispute with a licensee involves professional misconduct, the Executive Council will provide you with information about how to file a complaint. For more information contact Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council, George H.W. Bush State Office Building, 1801 Congress Ave., Ste. 7.300, Austin, Texas 78701, Main Line (512) 305-7700, Investigations/Complaints 24-hour, toll-free system (800) 821-3205, or visit them online.
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