Experiential therapy for men ready to move beyond just talking.
The same frustrating dynamics keep playing out in your relationships, and simply trying harder hasn’t fixed the problem. You are willing to look inward, but you need a direct approach to actually understand what is happening beneath the surface.
What I see in my practice
Many men come to therapy when the rules they’ve relied on for years stop working. See if you recognize any of these patterns:
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You feel like you have to be the competent, unshakeable one for everyone else—at work and at home.
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You default to anger, frustration, or total withdrawal when you’re overwhelmed or hurt.
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You struggle to say no or set boundaries, fearing it will make you look weak or let people down.
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You carry a sense of isolation, feeling like nobody really knows what’s going on under the surface.
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You’ve achieved external success or stability, yet you feel empty, restless, or quietly burnt out.
There isn’t a prize for doing it all alone. In therapy for men, we look directly at what these expectations are costing you and build a different way to operate.
The problem with some approaches is that they are too focused on managing the situations as they arise. The therapist might give you advice to help you put out each fire as it ignites. However, the core pattern remains because it was never worked with directly.
My approach is experiential. Using Coherence Therapy and EMDR, we go precisely to where the pattern formed and change it there. Rather than handling problems as they come up, we update the emotional learning driving your actions so that the problem stops occurring. This makes our work active, collaborative, and direct.
I am trained in enmeshment treatment through the Dr. Kenneth Adams model. I draw on Internal Family Systems and Schema Therapy when they fit your needs. My years of providing mental health advising to fraternities and emerging adult men also inform my clinical experience.
What changes
When we get underneath social pressure and old habits, men in my practice tend to experience shifts like:
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You set clear, direct boundaries without feeling guilty or needing to apologize.
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You recognize feelings like anxiety or sadness before they turn into anger or shutdown.
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You drop the burden of being the sole fixer and let yourself be supported.
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Your relationships become more genuine because you’re actually present in them.
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You build a solid sense of self that doesn’t depend on constant achievement or control.
This comes from dropping the weight you were never meant to carry alone.
Before I was a therapist, I served as a fraternity chapter president and provided mental health consulting for Greek organizations at several large universities. I worked extensively with young men on building healthier mental health cultures. This background gives me a clear lens focused heavily on complex relational dynamics and unspoken societal norms.
Currently accepting new clients
In-person (Dallas) & telehealth (Texas)
Is this regular therapy or is it specifically for men?
My clinical training, group facilitation work, and professional background in men’s spaces heavily shape my approach. If you are skeptical that therapy can truly help, I encourage you to openly bring that skepticism into our first conversation.
I have tried therapy before and it did not feel right. Why would this be different?
For many men, previous therapy meant fifty minutes of talking without generating any tangible change. My approach is not only insight based. We actively go to the deep emotional level where your patterns were initially formed. By utilizing experiential models like Coherence Therapy and EMDR, we address issues at their root instead of merely discussing them logically. If you felt like you were just spinning your wheels in standard talk therapy, let’s schedule a 15-minute conversation to see if this approach is a better fit.
Do you work with codependency and enmeshment specifically or is that just one item on a list?
I am formally trained in enmeshment treatment through the Dr. Kenneth Adams model, specifically designed for resolving complicated parental enmeshment. I am listed as an enmeshment-informed therapist on his professional site.
Can I do telehealth?
Yes. I offer in-person sessions IRR Dallas and telehealth for anyone within Texas.
How do I get started?
Reach out for a free 15-minute consult call.
Free 15-minute consultation call.