About

I am married to a wonderful woman, Jeanine. She is also a spiritual seeker and psychotherapist. We live in the woods just east of Asheville, North Carolina, across a pasture from family who are among our dearest friends. We have two adult children who are both role models for me. (One of them works to help communities address the impacts of climate change. The other built this website.)

I start and end most days with a walk or run in the woods and a time of meditation. I am nourished also by the company of friends and family who don’t live across the pasture, by the witness of trees, by many books, and by the wisdom of Christianity and other spiritual traditions.

From 1996 through Summer 2025, my professional life was centered around a psychotherapy practice in Asheville, North Carolina. I am deeply grateful to the people who came to talk with me there. I pray that the conversations we had helped them give more clear-eyed, full-hearted attention to their lives, and that giving attention in those ways, in the presence of another, helped lessen their suffering and expand their aliveness. I know those conversations did that for me.

My work now is centered around teaching, supervision, and writing. I began the Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality for CareNet/ Wake Forest Baptist/Advocate Health (hospital systems have long names) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 2008, and continue to direct that program for associate-licensed therapists. I developed a nationally delivered workshop-format curriculum and certification program in spiritually integrated psychotherapy for ACPE. I’ve written a book about psychotherapy and spirituality, for several years wrote a monthly blog for Psychology Today, and currently write a blog called Spiritize (Spirit Eyes) on Substack. I also speak and teach at conferences and workshops as often as I’m able.