Professional Story
Professional Story
Many people begin therapy with the same quiet question, “Why does my life feel harder than it should?”
Sometimes the struggle looks like anxiety that never shuts off. Sometimes it shows up as conflict in a relationship that once felt easy. Other times it’s a deeper sense of being stuck; knowing what you want your life to be, but somehow not being able to move in that direction.
As a licensed therapist in Jerusalem, I help people work through exactly these moments. My work focuses on anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship conflict, and major life transitions, using evidence-based therapies such as CBT, DBT, ACT, trauma-informed therapy, and the Gottman Method for couples therapy. A graduate of Hebrew University, I completed post graduate work at the Beck Institute. I’m also a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. But what clients often notice first is something simpler. Therapy here feels structured and understandable.
Instead of vague conversations, we work together to identify the real structure of the problem whether it’s a thinking pattern, an emotional reaction, a relationship cycle, or an old experience that still shapes the present. From there we choose the right tools to address it. Therapy becomes less about “talking about problems” and more about building clarity, strength, and forward movement.
I offer in-person therapy in Jerusalem and online therapy for clients across Israel and internationally, working with adults, teens, couples, and families who want to build lives grounded in loving relationships and meaningful values.
Personal Story
Long before becoming a therapist, I was the kind of person who asked too many questions. Growing up in a small town in Iowa, I was always fascinated by the way people think about right and wrong, success and failure, happiness and regret. As a teenager, from debate team to youth groups, I spent my free time discussing and arguing about philosophy, religion, and the strange contradictions of human nature.
But life has a way of forcing deeper questions than philosophy alone can answer. At seventeen, I was in a near-fatal car accident. In a moment, life shifted from abstract ideas to something much more real. Vulnerability, mortality, and the fragile nature of being human more than knocked on my door. That experience pushed me to look seriously at questions most people try to avoid. Questions about purpose and responsibility. Questions about what it actually means to live well.
That search eventually led me to study theology and philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, and later to make the life-changing decision to convert to Judaism. This journey eventually brought me to Israel, where I would build a family, a career, and a life centered around helping others navigate their own difficult questions and strike their own path forward. Because of these experiences, I approach therapy with a deep respect for the complexity of people’s lives and the truism that there are always possibilities.
Most people who walk into therapy are not “broken.” They are thoughtful, capable individuals who have simply reached a moment where the old ways of coping no longer work. Understanding that moment is the beginning of change.
Life Beyond the Therapy Room
Outside the therapy office, my life is centered around family, learning, and curiosity.
I live in Jerusalem with my wife and children, where daily life revolves around the simple but meaningful rhythms of family with shared meals, good conversations, and the constant challenge of raising thoughtful human beings… not to mention healthy doses of Tolkien and Star Trek.
I also spend a great deal of time studying psychology, philosophy, and Jewish thought. Thinkers like John Vervaeke Maimonides, Plato, the Ramchal, Carl Jung, and modern psychological researchers all share a common question: how does a person grow into the best version of themselves?
That question not only guide my professional work and my personal life but also my work as a researcher in the field of personality and values and translating the fruits of these questions as an author. Because ultimately therapy is not just about solving problems. It is about helping people build lives that feel clearer, stronger, and more meaningful. Lives where relationships deepen, values become visible in daily action, and the next chapter begins to open in ways that once seemed impossible.