Thank you for the opportunity of allowing me the honor to serve you as a counselor. My side interests include chess, my pronouns are he/him, and my wife and I are the parents of three children.  You, too, have a unique identity and story to tell, journey to walk, and internal battles to face. I have witnessed firsthand the effects of trauma wounds, being in crisis, the impact of trauma on the body through chronic pain, suicidality, and out-of-whack emotions.  In my earlier career I was a Captain in the US Army, and I am proud to serve my nation in this civilian capacity as well.

Your journey is your own, but you are not alone. Together we can work to help you overcome tragedy, heartache, grief, loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, loneliness, despair, chronic pain, and the general struggles of life.

Change often starts with your awareness of your distress. If you have read this far, then you probably have some willingness to hope for healing and change, which is the next step forward from awareness. The next step is to reach out for help, after which we can walk together in courage by setting goals; simple yet challenging; realistic but doable; difficult and rewarding.

It is my desire to walk with you in compassion, empathy, care, understanding, and gentleness.

To assist in your care, I have been trained to practice EMDR, CBT, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy which are designed to address trauma, abuse, depression, anxiety, fears, chronic pain, addiction, grief and loss, and other issues. My approach to working with couples is heavily informed by Gary Chapman’s “The 5 Love Languages” and the groundbreaking research of Drs. John and Julie Schwartz Gottman.

Counseling Services:

General and Christian counseling for individual adults and couples. LGBTQIA+ friendly.

Areas of Focus:

Trauma, PTSD
Abuse
Relationship issues
Marriage, Couples
Depression
Anxiety
Grief/Loss
Addiction
Anger Management

For further information and to arrange an appointment, please contact me

By phone at 520-302-5179

By email at a.**********@********il.com