I am a Resident in Counseling working with children, teens, and adults, including adults age 65+.
I specialize in working with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, substance use and
addiction, and academic problems. I also work with athletes, parents of school age
children, and those going through life transitions. My goal is to build strong therapeutic
relationships with clients that promote personal growth and healing and to empower clients in the therapeutic setting and beyond.
I take a client-centered approached to therapy, aiming to foster growth using each client’s
strengths. Additionally, I will use techniques from solution-focused therapy to address specific challenges in a client’s life and existential therapy to determine and pursue the things in life that bring the most meaning to a client’s life. I aim for my clients to feel motivated and supported in therapy.
I am a native of West Virginia, and I attended William and Mary for my undergraduate degree
(History) and VCU for both my graduate degree (School Counseling) and additional coursework to work as a professional counselor. Prior to working at Active and Connected, I was a teacher at Collegiate School and a school counselor at Douglas Freeman High School. I live in Richmond with my wife and daughter and love spending time outside and with our extended family.