About 

 My primary interest and competency is helping people to rediscover their innate capacity to live with a clear, calm, centered, present, peaceful and flexible mind. I enjoy helping people to find their own capacity for insight and for change from within.   

Treatment Approach 

My approach is empathic, welcoming, low key, holistic, good humored and respectful. I also try very hard to keep things simple.  

Qualifications 

 I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), with a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Lesley University and an undergraduate degree in communications from Boston University, in addition to post-graduate training. 

Specialties  

I have life-long interests in the nature of human mental health and optimal human functioning, with training in Three Principles/Health Realization psychology (a neo-cognitive approach), neurofeedback, hypnotherapy, NLP, person centered therapy, trauma informed therapy and stress reduction.  

Ages  

Young adult, adult, older adults  

Modalities  

Individual psychotherapy, couple counseling, adjunct neurofeedback  

Background 

Outside of work I spend time with Karen, my wife of over thirty years. I’m a dad and a stepdad. I’ve been a guitar player and songwriter for over fifty years and have played in the Boston area and on the North Shore. In the past I co-founded a coffeehouse and a songwriting collaborative. I enjoy biking, camping, reading and writing.