Hi, I’m Tom.
Long before I became a therapist, my life taught me something about what it means to sit beside people during difficult moments.
For nearly three decades, my work as a nurse allowed me to meet people during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. My experiences as a combat veteran also shaped my understanding of duty, strength, survival, and the complicated ways we learn to carry difficult experiences.
Those experiences did not make me an expert on someone else’s life.
They taught me to respect the stories people carry.
Today, as a therapist, I bring that same respect into the counseling relationship.
I believe people deserve to be met where they are, not where someone else believes they should be.
I value curiosity over judgment.
Relationship over performance.
And genuine human connection over the idea that a therapist must always have the perfect answer.
My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you feel safe enough to be honest, supported enough to become curious, and connected enough to discover new meaning in your life and relationships.
I’d be honored to sit beside you.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALONE
Whatever has brought you here, your story deserves to be heard.
Every story begins somewhere.
One of the greatest privileges of being a therapist is having the opportunity to sit beside people as they share the stories they've carried, sometimes for years, and sometimes for the very first time.
Although every story is unique, I've noticed that many begin in remarkably similar ways.
I've met people who have spent so long caring for everyone else that they've forgotten how to care for themselves.
People who wake each morning already exhausted, wondering if life will ever feel lighter than it does today.
People living with anxiety that rarely allows their minds or bodies to truly rest.
People carrying depression that has quietly convinced them they're alone, even while surrounded by people who love them.
People grieving someone they deeply loved, or grieving the life they thought they would have.
People who survived painful relationships or traumatic experiences and still find those experiences shaping the present in ways they don't fully understand.
People who long for closeness yet struggle to believe it is truly safe to let others in.
People questioning who they are, where they belong, or what gives their life meaning.
People who served in the military and continue carrying experiences that are difficult to explain to anyone who wasn't there.
People caring for a spouse, parent, or loved one living with dementia while quietly balancing love, exhaustion, grief, and hope, all at the same time.
Perhaps, as you've read these words, you've recognized a little of yourself.
Or perhaps your story is entirely different.
Either way, you don't need to fit neatly into a category to begin therapy.
You don't need to have the perfect explanation for why you're here.
And you don't need to know exactly where to begin.
Together, we'll make sense of your story, not simply by looking at what's painful, but also by recognizing the resilience, strengths, and protective ways of coping that helped you make it this far.
Whatever has brought you here, I want you to know something I believe deeply:
You don't have to carry it alone.
Let's begin together.