Part of how I connect with patients is that I’ve walked through my own struggles with depression, addiction, grief, and shame. Those seasons gave me empathy for people who feel trapped or broken, and they impressed on me the truth that healing is always possible. When I sit with a patient, my goal is simple: to listen carefully, understand clearly, and articulate their struggle back to them. I can’t solve a problem without seeing it in full, and my patients deserve to feel truly heard.
 
My approach to care is compassionate, faith-integrated, and clinical. I don’t believe in simply “throwing pills at problems.” Medications can be a helpful crutch — and when your leg is broken, you need a crutch — but they are not what ultimately keeps people well. Instead, I spend much of each appointment teaching and educating, helping patients understand their illness and how to restore the natural function of body and mind. Every patient I see is guided through my seven-pillar treatment plan, a framework designed to promote faster, deeper, and longer-lasting recovery. Standard-of-care medications are used as appropriate, but never insisted upon.

My favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 4:23: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” This verse shapes both my personal life and my medical practice. Our hearts need protecting from a fallen and broken world. We also need protecting FROM our hearts, since the fall we have inherent sin baked into our very being. This is a complex dynamic and I treasure the opportunity to explore it with each of my patients over time.

I believe every person has inherent worth as a creation and image-bearer of God. It is an honor to share God’s love, to walk alongside hurting people through the hardest seasons of their lives, and to remind them that they are an irreplaceable part of God’s redemptive story for all mankind.
 
Outside of work, I’m a husband, father, and someone who values creativity and connection. I enjoy woodworking, building projects (anything from furniture to Legos to models), reading, hiking, exploring nature, cooking, and playing with my Australian Shepherd. I love goofing off with my wife and son, brainstorming big ideas to “save the planet,” and continuously working on my fitness and health. I’ll admit I’m completely disorganized in some areas and a self-rated “class 2 hoarder,” but I’ve also taught myself handyman skills from YouTube — with results that range from surprisingly good to… let’s just say, “variable.”
 
My dream for Redeemed Mental Health and Recovery is two-fold: first, to provide affordable, high-quality psychiatric and addiction care for my community here in the Florida Panhandle; and second, to model a better way of practicing medicine. I want to build a practice that allows providers independence from insurance and needless administrative barriers, so that more time and energy can be spent where it belongs — with patients.