Education and Experience
I am an independently licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Counselor Supervisor (PCC-S) in the State of Ohio and a National Certified Counselor with many years of experience in both clinical counseling and Christian ministry. I am also a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. I specialize in treating adolescent boys and men contending with sexual problems and issues...ranging from pornography and sexual addiction to same-sex attraction, to sexual abuse trauma. I also work intensively with married couples surviving the pain and devastation of infidelity.
I received my Master of Arts degree in Clinical Pastoral Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary (2001) and my Bachelor of Arts degree from Malone College (1997). I am currently working on my Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University.
More than anything, I am passionate about helping people discover for themselves the gracious heart of God and to experience the awesome embrace of their Abba Father—even in the midst of deep suffering. Having personally survived the painful effects of severe childhood trauma, abandonment, and rejection (and many subsequent years of addiction), my own dark night of the soul led me to a profound place of peace and intimacy with my heavenly Father. I want to help you find that too.
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have been happily married to my beloved bride, Carrie, for twenty years, and have five awesome children—ranging from tots to teens.
Favorite Quote: Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
Favorite Authors: St. Paul, St. Augustine, John Donne, St. John of the Cross, C.S. Lewis, Henri Nouwen, Brennan Manning, David Benner, John Eldredge
Favorite Food: Mexican!
Favorite Movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Sport: Hiking/Camping Adventures, Rough-Housing with My Kids!
