Interests

Culture
Epistemology
Psychotherapy ethics
Self of the therapist

Experience

Good Enough Therapy LLC

Professional Counselor and Marriage & Family Therapist • April 2023 – Current • Mobile, AL

Under this umbrella, I provide individual, couple, and family therapy; clinical supervision to associates in the community; and supervision mentoring to MFT supervisor candidates.

University of Mobile

Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Counseling • August 2022 – Current • Mobile, AL

Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Counseling • August 2016 – 2022 • Mobile, AL

I teach and train future counselors. Also program director/chair. And chair of the IRB.

Courses Taught

MFC 540 Foundations of Counseling
MFC 541 Personality Theories
MFC 542 Mental Disorders: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
MFC 544 Individual & Family Development
MFC 545 Group Counseling
MFC 550 Sociology of the Family
MFC 551 Family Systems Theories & Therapies
MFC 552 Family Development
MFC 554 Marriage & Family Counseling I (Strategic, Structural, Cognitive-Behavioral, Solution-Focused, Narrative)
MFC 555 Marriage & Family Counseling II (Bowen, Experiential, Object Relations, IFS)
MFC 556 Couples Therapy (Gottman, EFT, IBCT)
MFC 565 Research Techniques & Data Analysis in Marriage & Family Counseling
MFC 571 Ethical, Professional, & Legal Issues
MFC 575 Crisis and Trauma
MFC 578 Marriage and Family Counseling Practicum I
MFC 579 Marriage and Family Counseling Practicum II
MFC 582 Internship
PSY 301 Human Growth & Development (Undergraduate)
PSY 323 Introduction to Family Therapy (Undergraduate)

Education

Virginia Tech

PhD in Human Development (concentration in MFT) • May 2014 • Blacksburg, VA

Reformed Theological Seminary

MA in Marriage & Family Therapy & Counseling • December 2006 • Jackson, MS

MA in Theological Studies • May 2007 • Jackson, MS

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

BS in Psychology • December 1998 • Chattanooga, TN