My involvement in the mental health field began when I was attending San Diego State University. While I was pursuing a psychology degree at SDSU, I joined the peer educators’ program that was housed in the Counseling and Psychological Services department. As a peer educator, I supported students on academic probation to learn coping skills to help them navigate college successfully and get off academic probation.

Additionally, I would outreach/present mental health topics related to substance use, sexual health, relationship violence, and healthy coping skills to the SDSU community. While attending SDSU, I also volunteered at Sharp Mesa Psychiatric hospital, where I worked with children ages 5 to 12, that were transitioning back home from being in a locked facility.

 Once I received my BA in psychology, I pursued my doctorate in clinical psychology at Argosy University, San Francisco/Bay Area campus. Right before I began attending graduate school, I got a job at Seneca Center, working as an Awake Overnight Counselor at level 14 group homes in the East Bay for children ages 5 to 12 years old. My Clinical training during graduate school included providing services to community mental health clinics for children, teens, adults, couples and families. Additionally, I worked at a preschool providing play therapy for children ages 4 and 5, providing mental health consultation to teachers, crisis intervention, family therapy, parent consultations, and parenting workshops. Lastly, my graduate school training provided me with the opportunity to provide social/emotional groups for preschool children, and individual therapy to adolescents at a public high school.

After I received my doctorate in clinical psychology, I landed a full-time job as a Behavioral Health Counselor in the Wellness Centers Program at the nonprofit RAMS, Inc., in San Francisco California. Working in the wellness center at a diverse public school allowed me the opportunity to work with students from a variety of backgrounds. At the high school I provided individual therapy, crisis intervention, couple’s therapy, family therapy, conflict mediations, parent consultations, teacher consultations, mentorship to unlicensed therapy interns, facilitated mental health presentations, and group therapy. I facilitated and co-facilitated such groups as black student empowerment group, 9th grade mentoring for success group, young men’s health group, Queer/LGBTQ+ group, and a sexual harassment group.

While working at RAMS, I joined TherapynowSF, a group private practice based in San Francisco. Working as a clinical psychologist at TherapynowSF, I provide supervision for unlicensed psychologists, individual and couples therapy to adults via telehealth and in person.

After working at RAMS for 10 and a half years, I decided to leave RAMS to pursue a new opportunity as a full-time remote psychologist at Ubuntu Psychological Services. Ubuntu is a group private practice based in southern California. Working at Ubuntu, I provide individual therapy to adults via telehealth.

With over 15 years of experience providing therapy to diverse communities, I decided to start my own virtual private practice, where I could support adults looking to improve their mental health within a safe space. My areas of expertise are anxiety, depression, anger issues, relationship challenges, intimacy/sexual health, life transitions, sexuality/LGBTQ+, and identity/self-esteem issues.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of California. I am also a Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional, and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional. My therapeutic approach is integrative, person-centered, multicultural focused, collaborative, sex positive, and strength based. I like to meet people where they are at, utilizing evidence-based practices, and tailoring therapy to each individual with respect to their cultural backgrounds, and their intersecting identities that they bring into the therapeutic relationship.

I was born and raised in the Bay Area region of Northern California. I’m passionate about mental health, and proud to be adding to the number of Black/African American males in the field of mental health. I enjoy de-stigmatizing mental health within my community, as well as other communities of color. Outside of work, I enjoy fitness/working out, going to the beach, traveling, eating ice cream, watching tv/movies, listening to music, reading, learning new things, watching YouTube videos, and laughing with loved ones.