Take Courage Resilience Center

Grounded in faith, inspired by wisdom, guided by research - we offer insights, courses, and resources to help you live with purpose, clarity, and courage.

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Finding Gratitude in Hard Times: How Thankfulness Transforms Suffering

We’ve all met people who radiate calm and even joy amid hardship. They aren’t untouched by pain, but somehow, they carry it differently—like Marcus Aurelius’ rock at sea, standing firm despite the waves, or like bamboo, bending but never breaking. What gives these individuals their strength? More often than not, it’s gratitude. Not a shallow kind of gratitude for ease or comfort, but a deeper thankfulness

Why Can’t I Sleep Even When I’m Tired? (What Science, Psychology, and Faith Reveal)

What we are going to do here is look at what happens when we sleep: why we sleep and why we don’t. Specifically we are going to explore: - The science and mechanics of how we sleep -What gets in the way of good sleep, --How to restore peaceful nights using psychological principles and behavioral change -When they do happen, how we can use sleepless nights as an opportunity to reconnect to the sacred

Carrying the Fire: Tragic Optimism on The Road

There’s a reason I return to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road every year, just like Brett McKay at The Art of Manliness. It’s not an easy book. T

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Specialties and Approach

Issues I Work With

Therapeutic Orientation: An integrative blend of Existential Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) - helping clients navigate meaning, purpose and values based living.
Trauma Recovery: Trained in EMDR (EMDRIA approved, basic trained), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Prolonged Exposure (PE) with experience supervising clinicians in trauma-focused therapies.
Sleep & Nightmare Treatment: VA-certified provider in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N) helping individuals improve sleep quality and overcome trauma-related sleep disturbances.
Evidence-Based Treatments: Integrating CBT, ACT and Logotherapy, alongside trauma -focused modalities, to help clients manage anxiety, stress and life transitions.
Veterans & First Responders: Specialized experience in working with military personnel, veterans and first responders, drawing on personal service as a Marine Corps combat veteran and professional experience as a VA trauma psychologist.

I provide evidence-based therapy to support individuals navigating:

Anxiety & Overwhelm - Excessive worry, perfectionism, panic attacks and difficulty managing uncertainty
Depression & Low Mood - Persistent sadness, lack of motivation, feelings of emptiness, and difficulty finding meaning
Stress & Burnout - career-related exhaustion, professional fatigue, and balancing multiple roles (parenting, work, personal life)
Sleep Disorders & Nightmares - Insomnia, trauma-related nightmares, and sleep disturbances affecting daily life
Trauma & PTSD - first responder and medical professional stress, combat related trauma, childhood trauma, or other disturbing experiences
Grief & Loss - Coping with the pain of loss and finding meaning in difficult moments
Life Transitions & Identity - Adjusting to major life changes, reevaluating personal values, and rediscovering purpose
Relationship Concerns - Navigating conflicts, improving communication, strengthening connections with loved ones

At Take Courage Resilience Center, I help individuals navigate life's complexities - whether it's burnout, grief, anxiety or the quiet struggles of balancing multiple roles like parenting, career demands and personal responsibilities. This is a space to confront the pressures of daily life, address the weight of internal criticism, and work through feelings of "not being enough"

Drawing from my experience as a Marine Corps combat veteran and a trauma psychologist working with veterans, I offer specialized care for veterans and first responders while also supporting anyone seeking resilience and healing from past wounds.

Grounded in a fundamentally Catholic understanding of the human person and adherence to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, my practice welcomes all who are searching for support and growth, offering a place where faith and reason come together without compromising core beliefs.

Using evidence- based practices like EMDR, ACT and CBT, alongside existential therapies such as Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy, I help my clients build resilience, heal from past experiences and find clarity and purpose in the face of life's challenges.

I'm a member of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association (CPA), EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences (ACBS)