Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Certified QHHT Level 2 Practitioner
I became a licensed Clinical Psychologist in 1980. Since that time I have worked with many modalities and in many settings including private practice, group practices, clinics, and prisons. I was Executive Director of Transition Midwest, working with gender identity issues as far back as 1980. At the same time I was doing that I was a consultant for Faith Church and Midwest Actor’s Equity Association. I have always enjoyed the wide variety of opportunities that the field of psychology offered me. I have worked with a corporation CEO, professional actors, clergymen, teens, married couples, and condemned prisoners.
My desire to help people led me to explore the best possible ways to do so. I attended workshops led by Donald Meichenbaum, Irvin Yalom, and Albert Ellis. I became a Certified Criminal Justice Specialist and certified hypnotherapist. I have given workshops for the Department of Corrections, and in corporate settings. I have appeared on CBS news segments, given talks on radio, and appeared as a guest on WGN’s Cromie Circle. Several years ago I became a certified Energy Psychology Therapist.
My most recent explorations brought me to Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique and the brilliant work and legacy of Dolores Cannon. I immediately felt a strong connection to the work. Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique had everything that was missing for me in the practice of traditional psychotherapy. Most notably it gave me the time needed to really get to know the client. Instead of being confined by the traditional fifty-minute hour, I now had as much time as I needed to have a full discussion/interview sometimes taking as much as three hours. Also, QHHT gave me the outlet to explore the spiritual side of life with the client and to invoke the client’s subconscious, where the real action takes place. I am honored and privileged to take this journey with each client and to help facilitate what is often a profound and life changing event.
Aside from my work, I live with my wonderful wife/partner/ best friend and our son in the western suburbs of Chicago. I have written a novel, two books of short stories and a self help book that provides guidance on the physical, emotional, and spiritual sides of life. I have performed as an actor in community theater for the past eight years and have also written several one act plays that were produced locally. I have played the trumpet on the stage of Orchestra Hall and played baseball at Wrigley Field.
And I’m just getting started!