About John

I love to walk outdoors, walking outside connects me with something bigger, something beyond me.  

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One time I was walking with some friends through the desert in Palestine - a once in a lifetime experience - and we came across this amazing waterfall that looked liked it was literally coming out of the rocks!  (Pictured above.) Together, we needed that En Gedi watering area! I have found that counseling is like that life-giving water. With the work I have been able to do over the past 40+ years with countless individuals, couples, and groups, I'm confident you can experience refreshing times ahead, like water coming out of desert rocks, even if it has involved some desert-like experiences. 

In my life I too have needed someone walking beside me to get to life-giving places, whether it has been moving to various states for work, divorce, family trauma, substance misuse, anxiety, depression, religious trauma and spiritual searching, earning degrees as an older adult with a family, changing careers, or my other journeys.

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As a psychotherapist I have advanced training and experience including Religious Trauma, Ecotherapy, EMDR and Trauma-Based Modalities, Transactional Analysis, Redecision Therapy, Personality-Focused Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy,  Moral Injury, Gottman Level One Couple Therapy, and PREP Couple Therapy. 

I am convinced that love is the foundation of a sense of safety, belonging, and reconnection with ourselves and the world around us, at the core of restoring a whole, healthy person engaged in kindness and caring.

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So, let's search together to find the answers you're looking for and help heal and grow mentally, emotionally, relationally, environmentally, and spiritually? I want that for you. 

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​Remember: You don't have to walk alone. Someone is willing to walk with you!