About Tom

Office location

Telehealth Provider

Earle Brown Tower, Brooklyn Center, MN

Serves

Adolescents, adult individuals, couples

Areas of interest

Working with people who suffer from depression, anxiety, and relationship problems

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

MFA, Creative Writing, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

Therapy involves resolving the ways in which your thoughts, emotions and sensations create suffering. Sometimes mindfully calming the body changes thought. Sometimes learning to redirect thoughts calms emotions… I form a partnership with each client where we are curious, compassionate and respectful toward what they experience. Good therapy is not like tube socks where one size fits all. I try to provide a “custom fit” using a variety of approaches. In time, we usually find what the client is looking for: it may be peace of mind, a better relationship, or simply accepting who they are.

My Ph.D. program required we learn 5 different schools of psychotherapy, training under a faculty supervisor in each one. During 30 years of practice I have continued to study, but I am very aware that much of what I have to offer comes from having made the usual mistakes that people make and learning from them. We are all trying to learn how to live more fully and I don’t think that process ever ends.

I have been passionately married for more years than most readers have been in the world. I love to kayak on the river, ride my motorcycle touring the west, walk in the woods, read and put thoughts into words.  And I like meeting new people and being useful to them.

Call Tom at (763) 531-0566 ext. 102