I grew up in Miami Beach and Hawaii. I've been married to my first and only love for nearly forty-six years. She and I have three adult sons. I've been in practice in Decatur Georgia for thirty years. I got my undergraduate degree in Psychology from Florida State University and my doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University. I've worked with folks with a range of personal issues, although I also have an expertise working with bariatric surgery patients and those with disordered eating. I don't have a specific paradigm from which I work because people are unique. Each of us my have overlapping life experiences, but we each live them uniquely. I have learned not to assume that there's one working strategy to employ for those seeking assistance. I have a toolbox of interventions when working with patients in a collaborative manner.