By the time he was ten, people were already telling him their secrets.

He remembers sitting at a bus stop when a woman about twenty years old began sharing her story with him. He had no idea why she chose him, but he understood something even then: sometimes people simply need a safe person who will listen, understand, and not judge.

Apparently, Adam gave off that impression.

Fast-forward a few decades, and Adam is now a therapist with an MA and approximately 15 years of clinical experience. He still considers the ability to listen without judgment one of the most important things he brings to his work.

Clients have described Adam as warm and have sometimes been surprised by the things they can tell him without him running out of the room. He is grateful for that. He believes therapy should be a place where people can talk honestly about what is really going on—even when it feels difficult, complicated, or uncomfortable.

Adam works with individuals, couples, and families. His goal is to help clients make sense of what they are experiencing, understand the patterns that may be keeping them stuck, and discover new possibilities for moving forward. Rather than telling clients what they should do, he helps them look at their situation from different perspectives and open up more options.

His approach is integrative. Adam draws from a range of therapeutic modalities and tailors the work to the individual, couple, or family sitting in front of him, rather than expecting every client to fit a particular model.

Adam holds an MA in Marriage and Family Counseling and a CASAP in addictions. He is also certified in Internal Family Systems, Narrative Therapy, and Auriculotherapy, and has additional training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, Imago, Mindfulness, Logotherapy, Group Therapy, Self Relations Therapy, the Fishbane/Scheinkman Vulnerability Cycle, and the 12-Step approach.

At the heart of Adam’s work is a simple belief: therapy begins with the experience of being genuinely heard.

And yes—he still loves it when people tell him things they’ve never told anyone else.