Ordinary practice, ordinary healing.

In the words of Zen master Ryokan, 'In this lifetime, sooner or later, we realize there is neither better nor worse, so it’s better if we embrace life's natural flow and find meaning in its simplicity.’

I'm dedicated to helping others find their way on their terms. I am a business advisor, grief counselor, mentor, and fellow traveler.

I draw my primary inspiration from existential humanist and Zen Buddhist philosophies. I am ordained in the Myōshinji lineage of Rinzai Zen Buddhism started by Kyōzan Jōshū Sasaki, a Japanese Zen master who came to the United States in 1962. My teacher is Chigan-kutsu Kyō-On Dokurō Rōshi, the abbot and lineage holder of Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji monastery in upstate NY. Since 2023, this ordination has facilitated my ability to roster in Vermont as a “non-licensed, non-certified psychotherapist” while I complete my master's level psychology training, including a clinical internship and supervision according to the rules for attaining full licensure. Currently, I accept Medicaid and self-pay clients through my supervisor, Christian Dymond, LMFT.

I work with my clients to discover and remove obstacles. My practice specializes in counseling, especially for men, their partners, and their families. I understand the unique challenges facing men today, from redefining masculinity to addressing mental health stigmas. I am particularly interested in helping families in challenging circumstances and supporting them through career, marriage, divorce, and aging life transitions. I encourage anyone interested to connect. I see all kinds of people.

Whether you're getting ready for a school or career change, getting married, enduring hospice or in poor health, trying to change your relationship with substance, embarking on a spiritual journey, or seeking support and counsel, I'm here to support you. My practice is free from cookie-cutter solutions, new-age jargon, politically correct mumbo-jumbo, unhelpful diagnoses, and orthodoxy. Our work will prioritize personal meaning and autonomy, interpersonal freedom, and choice.

The brain’s fundamental secret will be laid open one day. But even when it has, the wonder will remain, that mere wet stuff can make this bright inward cinema of thought, of sight and sound and touch bound into a vivid illusion of an instantaneous present, with a self, another brightly wrought illusion, hovering like a ghost at its centre. Could it ever be explained how matter becomes conscious?”

―Ian McEwan