Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is far more than intrusive thoughts—it is an exhausting cycle of fear, doubt, and compulsions that can gradually consume your time, relationships, and sense of self. My approach integrates Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and psychodynamic therapy to address both the symptoms of OCD and the broader patterns that allow it to persist.

ERP remains the foundation of treatment. Together, we will gradually face feared situations while learning to resist the compulsions that provide temporary relief but ultimately strengthen the OCD cycle. I have experience treating a variety of OCD presentations, including contamination fears, social and interpersonal obsessions, rumination-based OCD, and magical thinking.

Alongside ERP, I incorporate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you develop a different relationship with intrusive thoughts. Rather than trying to eliminate anxiety or achieve certainty, we'll focus on making room for uncertainty while choosing actions that reflect what matters most to you. A significant part of our work will involve defining your personal values so that you can live in alignment with who you are—even when OCD challenges your identity, your intentions, or what you care about most.

Psychodynamic therapy offers another layer of understanding—not by searching for the hidden meaning of intrusive thoughts, but by exploring the emotional patterns, attachment experiences, and coping strategies that may have made certainty, control, reassurance, or responsibility feel so essential. We examine how OCD may have initially functioned as a way to manage emotional pain or uncertainty, and why that once-protective strategy eventually became a source of suffering.

Recovery from OCD isn't about getting rid of intrusive thoughts. It's about breaking free from the cycle of compulsions that keeps them alive. Through insight, evidence-based treatment, and a willingness to tolerate uncertainty, it is possible to reclaim your life from OCD and move toward greater flexibility, confidence, and peace of mind.

Addiction is often misunderstood as simply a matter of willpower or making better choices. While taking responsibility for recovery is essential, the compulsive use of substances is often rooted in something much deeper—unresolved trauma, isolation, shame, and a longing for meaning, connection, or relief from emotional pain.

My approach goes beyond helping you stop using substances. Together, we work to understand the experiences and emotional wounds that have fueled the addiction while building healthier ways of coping and reconnecting with the life you want to live. I believe recovery requires both self-compassion and accountability: compassion for the pain that brought you here, and accountability for the choices that create lasting change.

Whether you are newly sober or have experienced multiple relapses, our work will focus on developing insight, strengthening resilience, and building a life where substances are no longer your primary source of comfort, escape, or support. Recovery is not simply about giving something up—it's about creating a life that no longer requires addiction to survive.

Many men grow up learning how to perform a role rather than understand themselves. We're taught to suppress emotion, carry burdens alone, and measure our worth by achievement, strength, or the approval of others. Over time, this can leave us disconnected—from our emotions, our relationships, and our sense of purpose.

Therapy offers a space to step outside of those expectations and ask a different question: Who am I beneath who I've been told I should be?

My work with men integrates archetypal psychology, shadow work, psychodynamic therapy, and Eastern philosophy to help you better understand the unconscious patterns that shape your life. Together, we'll explore the parts of yourself you've rejected, the beliefs you've inherited, and the emotional experiences you've learned to avoid. Rather than judging these parts, we approach them with curiosity and compassion, allowing for greater self-awareness and lasting change.

Whether you're struggling with relationships, anxiety, purpose, confidence, or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, our work is about moving beyond rigid ideas of masculinity and creating a life that feels authentic, meaningful, and deeply your own. The goal isn't to become someone different—it's to uncover the person who has been there all along.

Ram Dass once wrote, "Only by learning how to grieve can we hope to leave the past behind and come into the present moment." Yet grief is one of the few universal human experiences that we are rarely taught how to navigate. We learn how to work, achieve, and move forward—but not how to mourn, make sense of loss, or live alongside it.

Grief is not a linear process. It can be confusing, isolating, unpredictable, and deeply painful. There is no right way to grieve, and no timeline that determines when you should "move on." Whether you're mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a life transition, or the loss of who you once were, therapy offers a space to honor that experience without judgment.

My role is not to take your grief away, but to help you carry it with greater compassion, dignity, and understanding. Together, we'll create a space where every emotion is welcome: sadness, anger, guilt, relief, confusion, or even numbness. By allowing grief to be experienced rather than avoided, we create the possibility for healing, meaning, and a renewed connection to life while continuing to honor what has been lost.