Individuals & Couples · Hermosa Beach & Online in California
Therapy for a more examined life
Explore deep questions.Translate into meaningful change.
Work with me
“Not only do we have questions, but life has questions for us.”
Let’s work on them together.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, emotional reactivity, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. We can explore recurring patterns, make sense of conflicting feelings, and develop more effective ways to respond under stress.
When the same conflict keeps returning, we can look at the pattern between you and the feelings and needs beneath your reactions. Our work focuses on understanding each other, strengthening communication, and practicing different ways to respond.
We examine beliefs, values, and questions of direction, then turn insight into practical steps. Philosophical and performance coaching can help you navigate a transition, make a difficult decision, or pursue creative, professional, and athletic goals.
Bring psychological perspectives and philosophical inquiry into conversation with the practical realities of your life.
“The more consciously we address the questions of our lives, the more we will experience our lives as meaningful.”
Parts work informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help us explore different feelings and needs within you. We may also examine attachment and recurring relationship patterns, or draw on Jungian themes of identity and personal development.
We can examine beliefs and values through philosophical traditions such as Stoicism, virtue theory, and existentialism. The aim is greater self-understanding and a clearer sense of how you want to live.
With couples, I draw particularly from the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to understand recurring conflict and the feelings and needs beneath it. Nonviolent Communication can help us practice expressing those needs more clearly.
Our work can include breathwork, mindfulness, trigger mapping, and practices that build emotional intelligence and support nervous system regulation. When appropriate, I also incorporate EMDR-informed work for trauma-related concerns.
I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, emotional reactivity, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and questions of identity and meaning.
I’m a husband and father of four, musician, and a former college athlete. My background spans teaching literature, philosophy, critical thinking, and outdoor leadership; founding a social impact e-commerce business; and leading real estate investment and development projects. That breadth helps me relate to the pressures clients bring into our work.
More about meNo. You can begin with a specific concern or a less defined sense that something needs attention. We can clarify the questions together.
Psychotherapy addresses mental-health and relational concerns within a supervised clinical practice. Performance coaching and philosophical counseling focus on goals, values, perspective, and life direction; they are not mental-health treatment or medical advice.
Individual therapy is $200 per session; couples therapy is $250 per session. If cost is a concern, please ask about reduced-fee availability during our exploratory call.
Therapy is private pay, with payment due at each session. I can provide a monthly superbill—an itemized receipt—for you to submit to your insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement. You are responsible for submitting it, and any reimbursement is paid directly to you. Please check your out-of-network mental health benefits and deductible with your insurer before we begin; reimbursement depends on your plan.
Yes. I offer in-person sessions at the office in Hermosa Beach and telehealth sessions for clients located in California. We can discuss which format fits your needs during our exploratory call.
Email or call to arrange an exploratory phone call. We’ll discuss what you’re looking for and whether my services are a good fit before scheduling a session.
The ______ life
The blank life is a nod to Socrates’ claim that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” It leaves a little room for your own question: what makes a life worth living—and what might it mean to examine yours?
Reach out to arrange an exploratory call. We’ll discuss what you’re looking for, whether working together makes sense, and scheduling a first session.
2309 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 207
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254