We spend much of our lives trying to outrun what hurts us. We avoid anxiety, argue with intrusive thoughts, suppress grief, numb ourselves with substances, distract ourselves with achievement, or construct identities that promise certainty. Yet the harder we struggle against our experience, the more tightly it often holds us.

This paradox lies at the heart of my work.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), I specialize in treating OCD, anxiety, panic disorder, substance use, and the psychological challenges that arise when life asks us to become someone we have not yet learned to be. My work integrates Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Gestalt therapy, mindfulness, somatic approaches, and depth psychology. While these modalities differ in technique, they share a common principle: healing begins not through escaping our inner world, but by learning to encounter it differently.

For individuals living with OCD, this often means discovering that certainty is not the goal. Through ERP and ACT, we gradually stop organizing life around fear and begin reclaiming the freedom to live according to what truly matters.

I also work extensively with men in their twenties and thirties who find themselves navigating questions of identity, purpose, relationships, ambition, and adulthood. Many have achieved success while quietly feeling disconnected from themselves. Others feel trapped between who they believe they should become and who they genuinely are.

Therapy offers a place to slow down and ask different questions.

Alongside my private practice, I've spent the past three years working across detox, residential, and outpatient addiction treatment centers. Supporting individuals through addiction has continually reinforced something I witness in every area of psychotherapy: suffering is rarely the problem by itself. More often, it is our desperate attempts to escape suffering that slowly narrow our lives. Recovery is not simply the absence of substances—it is the gradual rediscovery of meaning, connection, and the capacity to remain present even when life becomes uncertain.

Before becoming a therapist, I spent over a decade working professionally as an actor in film and television. I understand firsthand the emotional realities of the entertainment industry—the uncertainty, rejection, perfectionism, comparison, performance anxiety, and constant negotiation between artistic passion and financial survival. Whether you're an actor, writer, musician, filmmaker, or other creative professional, therapy can become a place where both your craft and your psychological well-being are given equal attention.

I don't believe therapy is about fixing broken people. I believe it is about developing the capacity to meet yourself honestly, even in places that feel uncomfortable or unfamiliar. Paradoxically, it is often through this willingness to stop running that meaningful change begins.

My role is not to provide all the answers. It is to walk alongside you with curiosity, evidence-based tools, and genuine presence as we discover what a fuller, freer, and more authentic life might look like—not in spite of uncertainty, but through it.