I am a cisgender, able-bodied, heterosexual, progressive Black American male from Pittsburgh, PA. I graduated from Duquesne University with a BA in psychology in 2010 and a PhD in clinical psychology in 2018. Throughout my training, my racial and gender identities have been critical to how I present myself and engage with my therapeutic work. People are complex and engage with their identities in a myriad of ways, so I strive to be sensitive to how clients express themselves, however, they may be.

I think it’s important to know who your therapist is as a person before you decide to work with them. I believe therapy works best when you feel your therapist is a person you can trust and think they’re in your corner. From the gate, I want you to know that I operate strongly from a position of strategic self-disclosure, which I see as a willingness to share information about myself and model experiences for your benefit. Consider this section as a practice of that approach.