NLC offers several venues of service including  teleconferencing from my home in Cordell and professional office space shared with nurse practitioner Lindsay Brooke Dlugonski, NP (located on 209 S 30th St., Clinton, OK 73601). She has agreed to see patients in a crisis in my absence.  Sometimes I will see patients in a private room at the library in Cordell and am open to providing services in schools, Churches, doctor's offices and patient's home (especially home-bound patients).

I am oriented to work with children, teens, adults and geriatric patients and have spent many years in counseling and education that justify this lifespan orientation.  I understand variables pertaining to assessment, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of all age groups - and often stretch to update my orientation.  I spent the better part of 4 years teaching high school subjects ranging from Word Religions To Physics and have also done a lot of substitute teaching for earlier grades including elementary.  I held six TX teaching certificates (2008-2014) - from EC-12 Special Education to 8-12 Science as well as 8-12 Health Science Technology (Vocational Experience).  I have done a substantial amount of clinical and vocational development work with younger and older adults and have much experience in Geriatric settings.  

Currently, I tend to attract married couples seeking relief from mental illness derived from life stressors including dysfunctional marriage and family dynamics.  I also anticipate receiving referrals for children and families from Mrs. Dlugonski, NP, local ISD’s and the OK Department of Human Services.

I believe that many youth suffer from ADHD, OCD, depression, anxiety, anger management and other serious concerns.  They are often best served by understanding them as individuals and explicitly working on the problems as mutually assessed and processed.  Eating Disorders in teen girls is most often best addressed with Family Based Treatment followed by a focus on restoring ordinary weight and well selected developmental agendas.

My practice style is flexible and adaptive to meet patient needs though I tend to  integrate some form of CBT along with other modalities to include Pastoral / Holistic Counseling and some types of Psychodynamic  frames (generally more Jungian than Freudian).  For those who are goal or process orientated towards the integration of ‘best self along with improving and strengthening volition, I tend to derive approaches from Humanistic Psychology and Coaching Modalities with an emphasis on optimal motivation, increased energy, Positive Psychology and Solution Focused Counseling.

Therapy integrated with Pastoral Counseling generally moves towards a broad and deep Christian perspective that respects and sees values in most any faith.  I find the strongest affinity with those acclimated towards a Trinitarian perspective.  I personally am a Catholic and believe in the value of living a Sacramental life which takes the emphasis off personalities and potential problems in the Church and focuses on prayer and God’s supernatural help.