My professional licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy has allowed me to work with youth and families for over a decade. My primary clinical focus integrates issues related to peak performance counseling, trauma and healing, gender violence, positive masculinity and fatherhood.

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I moved to Austin in 2008 when I joined the counseling services team at SafePlace where I assisted families and youth who have survived sexual and domestic violence, and were ready to move beyond the trauma. I have worked in middle schools, high schools and on college campuses, at residential treatment centers and hospitals, sexual assault advocacy centers and domestic violence shelters – all in an effort to decrease violence while strengthening relationships, and especially, increasing positive masculinity among men.

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I earned my Master of Science degree from Colorado State University in Human Development and Family Studies with a clinical emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a powerful therapeutic process which has proven effective for the treatment of trauma.

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Leadership | Austin, TX

• Austin Association of Marriage & Family Therapy | Past President

• Texas Association Against Sexual Assault & The Mobilizing Men Task Force | Advisory Committee Member

• SIMS Foundation | Clinical Provider

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Professional Affiliations

• American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy | Clinical Fellow

• Association of Marriage & Family Therapy | Texas & Austin Chapters

• Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing International Association

• Austin Group Psychotherapy Society | Clinical Member