My background is in clinical and sport psychology. I spent the first 15 years of my career working with elite athletes, their teams, and their coaches. This was rewarding and exciting work and with time, as is often the case in these highly demanding situations, I could sense an increasing displeasure with the direction my career and life were taking me. With the support of my family, we moved from the deep South to the mountains of the West. Immediately, I felt my soul nourished in ways it had been craving for nearly a decade and embarked on the second phase of my career.  

This move required me to be an entrepreneur and find ways to adapt my skillset to a different population. I found a niche working with high accountability professionals, a group that resembles elite athletes and coaches in many ways. These individuals are highly driven, successful, and are searching for ways to grow and improve their crafts and personal lives. They often have a quest for excellence that many people cannot fathom. They want to know the “why” behind obstacles and are solution oriented. Because of this, traditional models of psychology that emphasize pathology and symptom reduction often feel foreign and unhelpful.

My experiences working with these professionals have engendered a third phase, as it were, to my career: a movement toward coaching and consulting. Sierra Performance Consulting represents this shift and is an amalgamation of my experience and expertise in clinical and sport psychology. It offers space for individuals to dive deeply within themselves, build on their strengths, and find solutions to their current growing edges. This process is never linear; is rarely easy; inevitably leads to self-learning, growth, and compassion; and is highly rewarding.

I feel fortunate to have found such energizing and exciting work and welcome the chance to have meaningful, transformative conversations with you.

On a more personal note, my wife and I have been married for 27 years and have four children and two dogs. I’m the owner of Mt. Rose Counseling and Wellness, a private practice in Reno, NV. I feel most alive and at peace in the mountains and try to spend as much time as possible hiking, trail running, and mountain biking. I also enjoy endurance sports- the purpose and grind in the training are invigorating. I recently completed an Ironman and may have caught the triathlon bug in the process. I expect that was only my first.