Biography

I have been in practice as a licensed psychologist since 1984. My earlier experience included being a minister, a rehabilitation counselor, and a behavior specialist in a community mental health center. For more than 22 years in private practice I find that I enjoy helping people look at their needs and strengths and assisting them in developing their own means to use those strengths to meet their needs. To accomplish this goal I work to build a collaborative relationship with my client(s) that uses both their strenghts and my own.

Personally, I am married with two married sons, and two graddaughters. My recreational interests include traveling with my wife, kayaking (flat water only), appreciating classical and blue grass music, collecting die-cast scale replicas of antique vehicles, and being a doting grandfather.

Specializing In

Individual, couple, and family therapy; Psychological assessment, and Life coaching, with children (middle school), adolescents, and adults with issues such as:

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Attention Problems - memory, distraction, impulsivity
• Compulsions
• Depression
  
• Grief/Personal Loss
• Life Stage Adjustment - Adolescence, young adult, mid-life, aging
• Relationship Problems - work, social, couple, & family
• Sexual Dysfunction
• Self-esteem
• Stress
• Trauma Rehabilitation - physical & emotional

Education

B.A., Mercer University, 1963 - History, Psychology, Government
B.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1966 - Theology
M.Ed., University of Georgia, 1972 - Rehabilitation Counseling
Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1981 - Counseling Psychology

Postgraduate trainging in Positive Psychology Coaching, 2003 - Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., weekly virtual international class for six months.

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association
Georgia Psychological Association

Experience

• Current Private Practice - Pathway Center, Norcross, GA and Calhoun Counseling Center, Calhoun, GA
• Solo Private Practice - Lilburn, GA, November 1996 - February 2005
  
• Group Private Practice - Family Therapy Associates, Tucker, GA, Lawrenceville, GA and Norcross, GA, April 1984 - October 1996
• Gwinnett Mental Health Center, Lawrenceville, GA, September 1978 - September 1984
• Psychology Internship, Georgia Mental Health Institute, Atlanta, GA, September 1977 - August 1978
• Rehabilitation Counselor, May 1968 - August 1975
• Church Pastor, July 1966 - 1968