About Me

I’ve always loved figuring things out. My first car was a 1971 Volkswagen Beetle. I relish my memories of fidgeting with the carb to get the motor to run more smoothly (at least as much as could be done in a VW!).

I’ve also always loved helping others. It seems to have come partly through nature and partly through nurture - as the youngest of seven in a “busy” home I learned to become important by learning to help.

It was the combination of this vital curiosity and servant orientation that led me into Psychology as a field of study. My need to understand how people work found a home in an arena of thinkers already studying this question.

And, when it came time to choose a career, doing psychotherapy was an obvious choice. In simple terms, psychotherapy is about helping people exercise curiosity about themselves. It’s about helping others learn to tweak their personality to rumble a little less.

As much as I love my work, I don’t take for granted my client’s difficult work of bringing about change. I’m well aware that I am subject to the same stressors, I am as responsible for learning how to cope, and I am as prone to letting my coping break down. I’m not invincible to moods but I like to think I have become better at fumbling more gracefully.

I’m San Antonio through and through as an avid Spurs fan and breakfast taco connoisseur. In addition to psychology, my curiosity has found homes in cooking and backyard landscaping and gardening. I live in Alamo Heights with my wife Marisa and two children.

Education

BA, Religion (2003)
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

MEd, Human Development (2008)
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA

PsyD, Clinical Psychology (2014)
Widener University
Philadelphia, PA