I love providing counseling services to individuals from all walks of life, but ever since high school, I’ve felt a clear calling and desire from the Lord to work with couples and marriages.

That passion has continued to grow over the years, and today I’m especially grateful to walk alongside couples in their journey toward healing, connection, and restoration in their relationships. Over the course of my own marriage I have learned that, although marriage is not easy, marriage and family are among God's greatest gifts and can be enjoyed to their fullest!

My passion for Marriages dictates my Continuing Education Credit choices to take courses like Making Up is Hard to Do - Couples Therapy After Infidelity and Attachment Styles and Trauma Treatment: Effective Strategies for Repair with Couples and directs my professional reading of books like Love and War, Created for Connection: The "Hold Me Tight" Guide for Christian Couples, Torn Asunder, The 5 Love Languages, Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families; Love & Respect, Couple Therapy: A New Hope-focused Approach, Real Marriage, and You and Me Forever.

I have extensive experience counseling couples through a wide range of challenges, including infidelity, grief, communication issues, conflict resolution, personality and temperament differences, gender dynamics, unmet needs, household responsibilities, financial stress, co-parenting, and much more!

I use a wide range of modalities with couples, but I especially enjoy integrating Emotion-Focused and Values-Based Therapy. These approaches aim to help partners connect more deeply by identifying core emotional needs and deeply held values, fostering greater empathy and understanding, and learn how these inner experiences influence each other’s thoughts, behaviors, and decisions.

Our marriage partner is the most sacred and intimate relationship we’ll ever experience in this life (aside from our relationship with God), and it closely mirrors Christ and the church. Therefore, it’s vital that we learn to navigate this relationship in a way that not only honors God, but allows us to fully experience the joy, connection, and blessing He intended for it.

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We all have expectations of how our life will go - so what do we do when life brings us pain and obstacles instead?

It wasn't until my darkest hour that I discovered how God chooses to work through interpersonal relationships to reveal His Grace, Love, and Hope in Christ. Having been a counseling client myself, I found the greatest comfort and progress comes from counseling experiences that are authentically demonstrating those characteristics. Whatever you are facing, I want to hear your story and work with you to find healing, renewed purpose, and establish tools to aid in building resilience for the inevitable difficulties you will encounter down the road of your life.

My areas of interest include (but are not limited to) Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Depression, Sexual/Pornography Addictions, Anger, and Spiritual Growth. 

I was born and raised in Raleigh, NC where I now live with my beautiful wife, son, and our fluffy Great Pyrenees. As a North Carolina native, I love visiting the beach and traveling to the mountains to hit the slopes in the winter. Sports, fitness, and reading just about any book I can get my hands on have always been passions of mine - and I love learning what other people are passionate about!

Reaching out for counseling can be intimidating; seeking help is such a courageous first step!

I look forward to talking with you soon!