Growing up, my parents, both educators, had a passion for service. Witnessing their dedication and exuberance in working with children and families inspired me to do the same. My childhood was spent in Northwest Indiana in a small farm town on the campus of a residential treatment center. My father was the executive director, and my mother was a teacher and training instructor. I moved to Indianapolis to attend the University of Indianapolis to study music and audio recording. I have a lifelong love of the guitar, the Beatles, and most things musical. I play in a band to this day! As a school-based skills instructor, I witnessed the challenges the youth face daily in a post-COVID world. High social anxiety, a lack of interpersonal and communication skills, and limited coping and emotional regulation skills, naming just a few. I am pleased to have been in this field for a long enough time to see the positive effects of incremental and consistent work and progress as a child grows and matures and achieves self-actualization and independence. As a father of four teenagers, I appreciate the need families may have for solutions and interventions. Part of the therapeutic process includes providing parents, caregivers, and family members with solution-focused interventions and techniques to support them in critical and often frightening or confusing moments.

Sessions focus on client and family strengths, identify areas of need, work collaboratively to develop an understanding of present needs, identify barriers to progress, set goals that reflect desired outcomes, and implement strategies to support client growth.