About Me
I’m a therapist, author, and speaker based in Monroe, Louisiana. I’ve spent the better part of my career working with people navigating the kind of wounds that don’t respond to surface-level approaches: trauma, chronic shame, identity loss, religious injury, and the slow disorientation that comes when the frameworks we built our lives on stop making sense.
How I Got Here
I’ve always been drawn to the work of healing. Growing up as the son of a surgeon, I watched my father dedicate himself to helping people at all hours of the day and night. I initially pursued medicine, earning a degree in biology, but eventually realized that path wasn’t the right fit. After several years in healthcare IT and a startup medical company, I found my way to therapy, and it aligned with who I actually am in a way that medicine didn’t.
My wife and I had been working with couples in our church during that season, and I found something there that felt true. Becoming a therapist let me bring together my curiosity about people, my clinical training, and my desire to actually help.
My doctoral research focused on how people’s core beliefs about God and identity shift over time, and how those shifts ripple outward through their relationships, their parenting, and their sense of self. That research gave clinical language to something I had been witnessing in the therapy room for years. When someone’s foundational beliefs change, the rest of their life begins to reorganize around that change.
My first book, A Crisis of Maps, grew out of that research and out of two decades of stories from people who came to my office carrying questions they weren’t sure they were allowed to ask.
My Approach
My style is warm and often infused with humor. Therapy can be hard work, but that doesn’t mean it has to be heavy all the time. I draw from a wide range of disciplines: psychology, neuroscience, theology, and current research. I have a particular interest in making complex ideas accessible and actionable. Understanding what’s happening is part of healing. Most people find that when things finally make sense, something begins to shift.
I don’t follow a rigid protocol. I pay close attention to what you bring into the room and I use what your system actually needs.
Credentials & Training
Licensed Professional Counselor, Supervisor (LPC-S), Licensed in Louisiana and Arkansas
PhD, Marriage and Family Therapy, University of Louisiana Monroe (2020)
MS, Marriage and Family Therapy, Harding University (2005)
BS, Biology, Abilene Christian University (1997)
Trained in EMDR, Brainspotting, attachment-based approaches, and emotionally focused work
Author, A Crisis of Maps: When Questioning Faith Opens the Way to Love
About the Office
I practice out of a shared office space in Monroe, Louisiana. Each practitioner operates independently, and the clinic is designed to keep operations simple and focused on care. When you arrive you’ll check in through a self-service kiosk in the lobby and I’ll be notified that you’re here. Communication and scheduling are handled digitally. If you call and reach voicemail, I’ll return your call or text as soon as possible.