About Me
I live in Santa Cruz with my wife and two kids. I am an avid surfer who has surfed all over the world. I draw numerous parallels between the art of surfing and navigating life experiences—for example, adapting to the ever-changing present moment, as well as appreciating and making the most of the opportunities at hand. I have written an article on the parallels between surfing and the therapeutic process, a chapter of in a psychotherapy book called Unearthing the Moment, been quoted in Surfing Magazine and Good Times newspaper, written a blog post for Luma Yoga, and been interviewed on Off the Lip radio.
Below are a few links to those:
Education and Licensure
MA, Counseling Psychology
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
[now Sofia University]
Palo Alto, CA
BA, Psychology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #52397
Areas of Clinical Specialty
- Life Transitions
- Stress Reduction
- Anxiety
- Couples
- Parent-Child Relations and Communication
- Building Emotional Vocabulary
- Anger Management
- Emotional Regulation
- Depression
- Developing a Positive Male Identity.
Therapeutic Approaches
- Client-Centered
- Solution Focused
- Humanistic
- Existential
- Transpersonal
- IFS (Internal Family Systems)