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My focus is to help people overcome their addictions and other medical problems. I understand the impacts addictions can have on people. My nephew got involved in drug use and ended up being homeless. He lost his job and family. I got involved in addiction medicine while working in a jail where I treated patients in the detox units. I could see that a lot of the inmates got better during treatment but relapsed after they were released. My focus is to help people overcome their addictions. I graduated from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physician Assistant Program in 2006. I have been practicing as a physician assistant in different settings including 8 years of correctional medicine where I have had the privilege of addressing both medical and mental health problems including drug and alcohol dependence. I have more than 10 years of experience in addiction medicine with a buprenorphine DATA waiver license to treat 275 patients with opioid dependence in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs. I also treat other substance use disorders like stimulant use disorder. I have experience in prescribing suboxone, Subutex, Zubsolv, methadone, Antabuse, acamprosate, naltrexone, Sublocade and vivitrol injections. I have 2 years of experience as a psychiatric physician assistant where I treated both adolescents and adults with mental health problems like ADHD, Anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, and depression. I have practiced at various clinics and hospitals including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Sinai Hospital, and St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. I am credentialed in Maryland, Montana, Minnesota, Washington. As a family man, I like to spend time with my children, I enjoy walking and reading, and I also enjoy seeing my patients overcome their addictions, get back to living their normal lives, raise their children, and get back to their jobs

Therapy with Z was built around a simple idea: mental health rarely exists in isolation. How we feel can be shaped by our bodies, relationships, identities, histories, environments, health, responsibilities, values, and the systems we navigate. I provide online psychotherapy that takes those connections seriously while keeping each person’s individual experience at the center of care. I work with adolescents (13+) and adults experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, chronic illness and pain, suicidal thoughts, identity-related concerns, life transitions, and periods when life simply feels difficult to manage. I have particular interest in the places where mental and physical health intersect and in supporting people whose experiences may not fit neatly into a single diagnosis or treatment model. My therapeutic foundation is person-centered, which means the relationship we build matters as much as the techniques we use. Depending on what you need, our work may draw from CBT, DBT, ACT, compassion-focused and mindfulness-based approaches, motivational interviewing, practical coping skills, relaxation, and mind-body practices. Sometimes therapy means developing a concrete strategy. Sometimes it means slowing down enough to understand what is happening before deciding what to do about it. I provide LGBTQIA+ affirming care and approach therapy from a trauma-informed, strengths-based perspective. I value autonomy, curiosity, compassion, collaboration, and honest feedback. I will bring clinical knowledge to our work, but I will not presume to be the expert on your life. My goal is for therapy to become a place where all of the relevant parts of your experience can be considered together and where the work we do has meaning beyond the therapy session.

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