Your story is not finished yet.
We all build walls to protect ourselves from pain. That makes sense — it was survival. Counseling is the gentle, careful work of taking them down, one brick at a time, and discovering who’s been waiting on the other side.
What brings people here
What I Work With
A few of the things people bring into the room with me, most often.
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- Depression & Anxiety
- Faith & Spirituality
- Life Transitions
- Pet Loss
- Codependency
- Problematic Gambling
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
- Relationship Struggles
- Sex & Love Addiction
- Betrayed Partner Trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- Grief & Loss
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The Wall.
Inspired by Roger Waters & Pink Floyd
In 1979, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd told the story of a boy named Pink — a child whose losses and hurts, unwitnessed and unsupported, became bricks in a wall he built around his heart. The wall worked. Until it didn’t. Eventually he found himself comfortably numb, cut off from the very life he was trying to protect.
Most of us know this story from the inside. The good news is that walls can come down — not violently, not all at once, but gently, carefully, one brick at a time. That’s the work.
Read the full approach →Counseling shaped to your life
Not everyone heals the same way. I offer several formats — from traditional office sessions to outdoor adventures in Vermont’s landscape — so the work can meet you where you are.
Individual Counseling
One-on-one sessions tailored to your goals. One- or two-hour formats available — longer sessions allow for deeper work and faster progress.
Learn more →Couples & Family
90-minute sessions to understand what’s getting in the way of the relationship you want — and do the deeper work to move through it together.
Learn more →Intensive Sessions
Half-day to four-day immersive retreats. For when the weekly hour isn’t enough — or the pace feels agonizingly slow.
Learn more →Outdoor & Nature-Based
Sessions on trails, ponds, and parks. Nature as a grounding resource built right into the work — kayaking, snowshoeing, walking.
Learn more →Feline & Equine Interactions
Working with horses at a nearby Vermont farm to illuminate relationship patterns, build self-awareness, and try out new ways of connecting.
Learn more →Group Counseling
Closed therapy groups — a laboratory for emotional intimacy — focused on trauma, addiction recovery, and relationship healing.
Learn more →An engineer who found his calling in healing.
A native New Englander, I left a career in environmental engineering when a sabbatical turned into a vocation. I’ve been practicing since 2004 — working with individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, addiction, grief, and the complicated terrain of relationships.
Licensed LCMHC (VT & NH) · LPC (MI) · LMHC (WA)
MA Counseling + MDiv, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) since 2005
EMDR · Brainspotting · Psychodrama · Lifespan Integration
Former President, Vermont Mental Health Counselors Association
— Vermont as a healing space
The office is just one option.
For many people — including me — being outside is more calming than sitting inside a building. Vermont’s trails, ponds, fields, and forests aren’t just a backdrop. They’re a resource. And I’ve built them into the work.
On the Water
Kayaking sessions on quiet Vermont ponds — movement and conversation, together.
On the Trail
Walking and hiking sessions — a natural parallel to the inner journey.
In the Snow
Winter doesn’t stop the work. Snowshoe sessions bring stillness and perspective.
With the Animals
Equine work illuminates what words can’t — horses respond to what you carry.
The wall isn’t the enemy.
It was survival.
You built it for good reasons. Counseling isn’t about tearing it down — it’s about walking its length together, understanding how it was built, and gently, deliberately, setting each stone somewhere new.
READ ABOUT THE APPROACH →Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
READY WHEN YOU ARE
The first step is just a conversation.
No pressure. No commitment. Just a chance to talk about what’s going on and whether working together might make sense.