About Me
From a young age, the loneliness and disconnection ubiquitous in Western, patriarchal society deeply hurt my heart. This pain culminated during my undergraduate years in a long bout of isolation, physical illness, severe anxiety and depression that was completely debilitating and ultimately cut my soccer career short (on a trajectory to potentially play professionally). Desperate for healing, I entered into trauma-informed, relational psychotherapy and over time found massive relief in the warmth of authentic human connection and support. Through therapy, I was able to become more in touch with my embodied experience and expressed in my feelings, something that had been robbed of me by traditional roles of masculinity. I learned, among many things, that there was absolutely nothing wrong with me or any of the feelings that I was experiencing. Through reconnecting to my authentic self and inherent worthiness, I became empowered to deepen my relationships, pursue my passions and allow myself the satisfaction of deep pleasure and vitality.
Inspired by my transformative experiences in therapy and healing community, I decided to attend graduate school to study Clinical Psychology. In my second year of school, I began training and working with clients at the Relational Center, where I worked for four years. Through my healing journey, I have experienced firsthand the lasting, transformational power of psychotherapy. I am honored by the opportunity to support my clients in their therapy journeys of coming back into wholeness.
“We are all just walking each other home.”
My Education
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University Los Angeles, 2020-21
B.A. in World Arts and Cultures, UCLA
Member of UCLA Varsity Men’s Soccer Team
Previously attended Princeton University before transferring to UCLA
altMBA Leadership Course, Akimbo, 2023
My Credentials & Training
Relational Gestalt Advanced Training, Relational Center, 2021- 2024
Sex and Masculinity Course, Kinhood Men’s Community, 2023
PSS2 Psychedelic Guide Training, Center for Medicinal Mindfulness, 2022
PSS1 Psychedelic Guide Training, Center for Medicinal Mindfulness, 2022
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Training, Level One, Polaris Insight Center, 2022
Certificate in 24-hour Myofascial Release Bodywork Training under Daniel Santosha, 2022
Certificate in comprehensive, 10-month Training in Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy, Relational Center, 2021
Facilitator of Men’s Community Support Group, Relational Center, 2021- 2024
Facilitator of & Participant in Evryman Men’s Healing Community, 2020- 2023
Certificate in 18-hour Sword & Lotus Breathwork Facilitation Training, 2021
Participant in 14-week Trauma Group, Relational Center, 2020
Certificate in 200-hour Power of Love Yoga Teacher Training, Yogala, 2020
Certificate in 20-hour Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Training, 2020
Men’s Facilitator Training, Level One, Sacred Sons, 2019