Areas of Experience
Stress & PTSD | Depressive and anxiety symptoms | Processing personal traumas | Fatherhood | Improving relationships | Building resilience | Changing unhealthy patterns | Psychology of scarcity | Cancer
Mindfulness Approach
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
― Walt Whitman
My approach to therapy is one of embracing and fostering what is authentic, true, and whole in each of us. Together we lean on this process and your innate wisdom to make the changes you want to make. Even when life creates some cracks in our wholeness there is space and opportunity for healing, peace, and growth.
The Art & Science of Mindfulness and Healing
[ the art ] is in the authentic embodiment of being present and intentional, of kindness and compassion. It is found through an openness to and curiosity of what is happening in this moment, and then in the next moment. It is the experience of 'being' as opposed to 'doing'
[ the science ] rests in a growing body of evidence of the clinical benefits and emerging neuroscience regarding how and why mindfulness and meditative practices reduce the experiences of stress, depression, and anxiety while increasing emotional regulation and neural growth
Philosopy of Healing & Wellbeing
“There was a story going around about the Special Olympics. For the hundred-yard dash, there were nine contestants, all of them so-called physically or mentally disabled. All nine of them assembled at the starting line and, at the sound of the gun, they took off. But one little boy didn't get very far. He stumbled and fell and hurt his knee and began to cry. The other eight children heard the boy crying. They slowed down, turned around, and ran back to him--every one of them ran back to him. The little boy got up, and he and the rest of the runners linked their arms together and joyfully walked to the finish line.
They all finished the race at the same time. And when they did, everyone in the stadium stood up and clapped and whistled and cheered for a long, long time. And you know why? Because deep down we know that what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.”
― Fred Rogers