For the last 10 years, my family and I have lived in Utah. We moved back to Utah after I finished my Master’s Degree in Marital and Family Therapy at Loma Linda University in California. I then began my doctorate at BYU in Instructional Psychology and Technology and finished in December of 2014. My bachelors was also at BYU in Marriage, Family, and Human Development.
I was married in 2001 and we have five girls. I came from a family of five boys and my wife grew up with four brothers, so we are going through a whole new experience. We have lived in Provo for the time that we returned back to Utah.
When I began studying Marriage and Family Therapy, I was actually interested in working with children. I still work with children, but my main focus is working with their parents. I realized that the best way to help children was to help the parents, so I focused on couples therapy. My theory paper (comparable to a thesis) for my Master’s degree was on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT). I enjoy the challenge that working with couples brings. I feel that helping a relationship improve benefits generations to come.
I have a license as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. My license number is 6212908-3904. Feel free to look me up on the Utah.gov website.
My PhD. has improved my ability to reach out to more people. I built my website and I am currently building an app. I am hoping that I can spread more knowledge about emotional and relational health.
In my spare time I enjoy playing games, sports, music, and watching my kids play sports and music.
