About Me

I believe play and joy are profoundly healing.

You and I were born into the joy of existence. Though discomfort and shame can be powerful short-term motivators, I believe they are ultimately harmful and unsustainable. I collaborate with clients in conceiving of new behaviors and thought-patterns that are intrinsically motivating and founded in love.

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I am a dancer of African American vernacular dances, specifically, swing and tap.

Vernacular dances are rooted in a culture that fosters conversation through movement in real time in order to celebrate, cope with, interpret, and express the present moment. I am a movement coach, and a master of matching. Through thousands of hours spent honing my ability to match my outer expression to my inner experience, I naturally create a space where others do the same. Doing so brings light to core dynamics that are present. I bring my counseling training to this movement practice, and this movement training to my counseling practice.

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I am a white-passing multiracial cisgender man.

I consider it valuable to share these facets of my identity with potential clients, as I bring my whole self to the work I do while I encourage them to do the same. I’m comfortable talking about issues of gender, sexuality, privilege, and internalized racism and sexism, and I bring to my practice a perspective born of the work I have done and continue to do to dismantle systems of oppression, including white supremacy. I welcome people of all genders and sexual orientations.