Hi!  I’m Jeff, the brains and heart behind The Westering Practice.

I’ve heard “vocation” defined as the place where your great passion and the world’s great need intersect.  Therapy is that place for me.  I believe in the human capacity for change, for healing, for community, and I feel honored to hold space for folks to experience transformation.

My path with therapy started twenty years ago, when I first learned as a client that therapy could help me confront my own struggles with depression.  I’ve sat in the rooms of several practitioners through the years, where I’ve benefited from a space to be vulnerable and allow someone to bear witness to my life.  In doing so, I’ve experienced firsthand the healing power of being held with radical attention.

The vocational journey that brought me to becoming a licensed clinical social worker has been a winding one.  I started a non-profit organization in South Africa, focusing on micro-enterprise ventures with Zimbabwean refugees, spent several years studying theology and ethics in seminary, and most recently worked in hospice and end-of-life care.  The collection of these experiences have positioned me uniquely as a therapist, who infuses spirituality, ritual, and empowerment into my mental health practice.

Outside the therapeutic space, I enjoy a variety of pursuits to keep me spirited, including: hiking Coyote Wall, taking long analog strolls through my neighborhood, and playing tennis.