Hi, I’m Chris.

“Space is the place,” as the great Sun Ra once said.

I have always loved that phrase because it points toward something I recognize in therapy: there is a vast interior world inside each of us, and much of it remains unexplored.

People often come to me because something no longer feels quite right. You may feel stuck, disconnected from yourself, creatively blocked, overwhelmed by old patterns, or aware that the way you have been living no longer fits. Sometimes this shows up as anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, neurodivergence, or a loss of direction. Sometimes it is harder to name.

I work with adults of all genders and have particular experience working with men around identity, emotional expression, relationships, creativity, meaning, and the pressures that can make it difficult to know or communicate what is happening inside.

My approach is experiential, somatic, relational, and depth-oriented. Rather than only talking about what happened, we pay attention to what is happening now: in the body, in relationships, in protective patterns, and in the parts of you that may want very different things.

I draw from Hakomi somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, mindfulness-based practices, transpersonal psychotherapy, breath, sound, and creative expression. I also offer psychedelic preparation and integration and, when clinically appropriate and medically authorized, cannabis-assisted psychotherapy.

My training includes EMDR through the Center for Creative Mindfulness, Intimacy from the Inside Out through the IFS Institute, and psychedelic therapy education through Beckley Academy. I continue to deepen my work with couples and relationships and plan to pursue additional advanced couples therapy training.

My own path into this work was shaped by a traumatic brain injury in early adulthood that disrupted my sense of identity and began a long period of questioning who I was and how I wanted to live. I spent years touring as a musician and working as a writer while studying contemplative traditions, altered states, and the relationship between creativity and consciousness. North Indian classical music became especially influential in how I understand listening, improvisation, and presence.

Creativity remains central to how I think about therapy. You do not need to be an artist. I think of creativity as our capacity to respond, imagine, improvise, make meaning, and participate more fully in our own lives. Trauma, shame, depression, chronic self-monitoring, and old protective strategies can narrow that capacity. Therapy can create space to become curious about what has been pushed aside and what may be trying to emerge.

I have particular interest in working with trauma and PTSD, neurodivergence, anxiety and depression, men’s concerns, identity and life transitions, relationship patterns, creative blocks, spirituality, psychedelic integration, and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

The goal is not to become a different person. It is to understand what has shaped you, loosen patterns that no longer fit, and develop a more trusting relationship with your own experience. Therapy can be serious work, but it can also make room for humor, curiosity, experimentation, music, and surprise.

You do not have to arrive knowing exactly what you need. We can start with what is happening now and listen from there.