Personal Statement

Dan is a trained mental health professional that focuses on the needs of individuals and families. With a specialization in addiction and its effects on families, children and relationships, Dan’s skill as a mental health specialist is there to relieve pain, heal hearts, and restore families.

Dan’s life experience, education, and professional relationships have produced a clinical style that believes that every persons life is worth a novel. That no individual is a lost cause. The inherent value of an individual is rich, expansive and eternal. Dan believes that the problems we experience in life and the mental health challenges that we endure can be mitigated and alleviated by sound clinical intervention as well as enhanced spiritual living. The combination of understanding these two approaches, and how effective they work together is Dan’s greatest skill.

As a mental health specialist Dan has committed his professional life as a therapist, counselor, educator, and writer to the care and concern for a struggling human soul. If you struggle with mental health challenges; depression, anxiety, addiction, family or marital conflict, Dan can be an invaluable resource to help you find reassurance, develop life skills, and find relief.

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Client Focus (Age)

  • Adolescents/Teenagers (14 to 19)
  • Adults

Therapy Specialties

  • Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family Conflict
  • Internet Addiction
  • Life Coaching
  • Men's Issues
  • Parenting
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Video Game Addiction

Treatment Orientation

  • Attachment-based
  • Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
  • Emotion Focused Therapy
  • Existential
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Gestalt
  • Humanistic

Modality

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Group

Accepted Insurance Plans

  • Out Of Network

Years in Practice

20+ years

Services Fee

  • Initial Consultation $150-$270
  • Therapy Session $150-$270

Payments Accepted

American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Visa

Videos

YouTube Video

Licenses

License Name License State Year
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) 11233 AZ 2004

Certifications

Name Year
Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) 2014
Clinically Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist (CCSOTS) 2011

Associations

Name Duration
International Association of Trauma Professionals (IATP) 2014-2015
National Association of Forensic Counselors (NAFC) 2011-Present

Publications

Title Publication Year
Breaking the Silence Trauma-informed Behavioral Healthcare 2011, Issue 2, Page 46 National Council Magazine 2011

Education

School Degree Major Year
Northerna Arizona University MEdEducation and Counseling1996
Arizona State University BSJustice Studies1994

Languages

  • English

Office Address


Arizona Family Institute

Arizona Family Institute

I focus on the needs of individuals and families. I utilize my professional skills as a mental health specialist to relieve pain, heal hearts, and restore connections. The inherent value of an individual is rich, expansive and eternal. I believe that the problems we experience in life and the mental health challenges that we endure can be mitigated and alleviated by sound clinical intervention as well as enhanced spiritual living.

2500 S Power Road, Suite 120

Mesa, Arizona 85206

Hours Of Operation

Monday 9:00AM-5:00PM
Tuesday 9:00AM-5:00PM
Wednesday 9:00AM-7:00PM
Thursday 9:00AM-5:00PM
Friday 9:00AM-5:00PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
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