Credentials and Methods

Credentials:

MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, Ohio, USA

LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, Minnesota, USA

DARRT, Developmental and Relational Trauma Therapist,  HOCI Institute

Additional Training:

• Relational Life Therapy: fully trained, Terrence Real
• EMDR: fully trained, EMDR International Association
  
• Personality Psychology : Don Riso and Richard Hudson, The Enneagram Institute.
• Theory and Methods: Virginia Satir, Erik Erickson, Carl Rogers, Irv Yalom, Albert Ellis.
• Additional Couples Training: The Gottman Institute; EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy); Esther Perel.

I’m a natural Existentialist and Humanist, a practitioner of mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, a client-centered clinician. The Enneagram Personality Typology is my favorite personality index.

I founded and practice Whole Human Therapy(TM) or WHaT Therapy (TM). Read about it in detail HERE.

Many of the techniques, methods, and tools used in WHaT Therapy (TM) are original.  Based on personality psychology, evidence-based practices, and neuroscience, the approach is easily understood, simply applied, and highly effective.

My Work and Methods

Founder, Whole Human Therapy™ est. 2015. It includes (but is not limited to) Clean, Non-Blaming Communication or CNBC™, The Love Equation,™ Human Parts Chart,™ the Nuclear Meltdown,™ and the book: After the Affair: Healing for the Offender (C) 2017. 

In the works: Becoming Whole; WHaT makes this approach different (for the client)Effective Infidelity Treatment in Five Stages (TM); A Therapist’s Handbook for Treating Infidelity, and the eBook Clean, Non-Blaming Communication: STOP TALKING your Relationship to Death. Attract what you crave and leave the conflicts, power struggle, and frustration behind.

Affiliations

• Chi Sigma Iota, the International Honor Society and Professional Association for Counselors.
• American Counselor’s Association, member in good standing, 2026.
• Healing Our Core Issues Institute, member in good standing, 2026.

Speaking on the Methods

• TEDx Gustavus Adolphus College, Minneapolis, MN, 2017. STOP TALKING: How your communication is actually ruining your relationship (and what to do about it.)
• The Practice of Being Seen Podcast; Episode 46: The Gentle, Benevolent Observer: A new Approach to Addressing Infidelity in Couples Counseling
• Women in Depth Podcast, Episode 78: After Infidelity: Healing for the Offender
• Psych Central.com The Art of Private Practice Is Private Practice Worth it?
• Selling the Couch Podcast, Episode 96: Using Strengths to Address Weaknesses