About

I grew up in Houston, Texas and attended The Colorado College for my undergraduate studies, where I majored in Spanish. After college, I spent several years in the San Francisco Bay Area working in digital advertising around the time of the first dot-com boom. My interest in psychology began there, while conducting research on refugee mental health with a professor of psychology in San Francisco.

I earned my Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Counseling Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. My concentration was in health psychology, and my dissertation focused on using group therapy to conduct medical interventions targeting chronic disease. I completed my residency at Denver Health Medical Center in Colorado. I’ve always enjoyed working in multidisciplinary healthcare settings, and spent my first several years in practice at the VA, where I held various roles — working with home-bound veterans, completing consults in a mental health clinic, and serving as a behavioral health specialist embedded in a primary care team.

I started my private practice in 2013 and have been full-time ever since. I work with individual adults and enjoy helping people navigate career and relationship challenges. I have experience treating depression, anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and substance issues, as well as extensive experience working with people managing chronic medical illness. I’m committed to making mental health services accessible and reducing the stigma around seeking help.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time outdoors with my wife and two kids.

Degrees

Ph.D. – Counseling Psychology – University of Texas at Austin

M.A. – Educational Psychology – University of Texas at Austin

B.A. – Spanish – Colorado College

Licensure

Texas Licensed Psychologist – #34519

A Little More Context

A lot of the people I work with are high-achieving, self-sufficient adults who are much better at taking care of others than they are at asking for help themselves. I understand that profile pretty well because I fit it. I’m a father, I’ve navigated the kinds of professional and personal transitions that bring most of my clients in, and I didn’t always find it easy to prioritize my own needs either. I’m not going to pretend that makes me your therapist automatically, but it does mean you probably won’t have to spend much time explaining why this feels hard or why you waited so long to make the call. I already get it. The question is just whether we’re a good fit, and the best way to find that out is to come in and see.