Since I was a teenager, I have been interested in the way our minds work and how our perceptions and emotions color the way we move through the world. I wanted to become a psychotherapist because I saw how my own self inquiry helped me to live my life in a more open, accepting, and liberated way. I had teachers, friends, and therapists help me through this process and I wanted to be someone who could help guide others in this way. 

  I believe it is through challenges that we are stretched and pushed to examine what we know about the world, ourselves, and others. It is through this examination that we can see more clearly the reality of things. When we are able to look at the truth of ourselves and let go of fears, we can walk through the world with greater confidence and ease, and we are better able to connect with and love others. If we take an obstacle and use it as a teacher, then we can create rich and expansive lives of great meaning. 

My therapeutic style is warm and inquisitive. I am an interactive therapist helping you to uncover outdated beliefs and ideas, freeing you from ways of being that are based in fear and insecurity. I work with you to understand your unique path and where you hope to go. My studies in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Buddhist psychology greatly inform my practice. I also incorporate other person-centered and psychodynamic modalities. 

My personal background and life experiences all inform how I see the world and work with my clients. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I had a career as a photographer and, previous to that, I was the community organizer at an LGBTQ+ youth non-profit that focused on self-empowerment and activism. I’ve worked on a sheep farm in upstate New York and a coffee farm in Hawaii. I have studied Chinese medicine, Tai Chi, Buddhism and meditation. I received my undergraduate degree from Bard College and my graduate degree from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. I live in Brooklyn with my wife and two children.