I have practiced professional counseling since September 1997 when I joined Houston Baptist University (HBU) in their counseling center and later became Director of Counseling Services. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) as well as an LPC Supervisor (LPC S). 

I attended SHSU and received my Bachelor of Science in 1996 from HBU where I double majored in Psychology and Christianity achieving Magna Cum Laude honors. I also earned my Master of Arts in Psychology also from HBU in 1999 where I achieved Summa Cum Laude honors. 

I believe that effective therapy happens within an authentic therapeutic relationship, and it isn’t the job of the therapist to make change happen but to create the relational environment where desired change is highly likely to occur. Clients will experientially discover—not just intellectually understand—the insights, meaning, purposes, and identities that are at the root of why these “unwanted”, “problematic” symptoms continue to persist. My goal is to set up the conditions where clients will not only begin to experience temporarily relief and “feel better” (state change), but also experience enduring freedom/change  and “be better” (trait change).

My counseling experience and strengths are in working with adolescent, young adult and older adult populations in individual and group formats on a broad spectrum of issues such as:  depression and mood disorders, stress and time management, study and test-taking skills, assertiveness and boundaries, low-to-no-self-esteem, learning disabilities, and chronic pain.

However, I specialize in: ADHD, panic disorder, performance/social anxiety, generalized anxiety/worry, trauma and PTSD from experiences such as abandonment, neglect, survivors of date and stranger rape, childhood physical and sexual abuse, managing intense affect such as toxic guilt and shame, anger management, men’s issues, alcohol and drug addiction, as well as pornography and other types of sex addiction.

In addressing trauma with my clients, I have extensive, advanced training in utilizing Trauma Resolution Therapy (TRT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Not only is EMDR a first choice therapy for treating PTSD and trauma, but it has also demonstrated to be extraordinarily effective with: panic disorders or “anxiety attacks”, social/performance anxiety, identifying and strengthening resourceful states/traits or peak performance, and substance and behavioral addictions like sex addiction.

I am completing my certification hours for EMDR through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) as well as my certification hours as a certified sex addiction specialist through the International Association of Certified Sex Addiction Specialists (IACSAS).

In addition to my counseling specialties, I have advanced training and specialization in conducting comprehensive cognitive, clinical and educational assessments/evaluations, in which I diagnose cognitive and academic disorders, identify strengths and weaknesses, and provide academic, work and career counseling recommendations for conditions such as: ADHD, learning disorders such as reading (Dyslexia) and math disorders, personality disorders, and emotional and behavioral disorders. I primarily assess children (6-7 years and up) and adolescents in various school districts: FBISD, SBISD and KISD. In addition, I also specialize in conducting these comprehensive clinical, cognitive and achievement assessments with young and older adults.

Even though I grew up in a Christian home, I strayed. The Lord God wonderfully orchestrated giving me a new life apart from alcohol and drug addiction at the age of 22. Two Scriptures I ask you to consider meditating upon are: Lamentations 3:19-25 and Isaiah 35. 

If you believe my style and skill sets are a good match for the challenges you are facing, then I encourage you to consider calling and making an appointment with me at your earliest opportunity.

My wonderful wife, Stephanie, and I are both native Houstonians. We both enjoy activities such as: mountain climbing and backpacking, camping and hiking, cycling, and snow skiing.