He received his graduate degrees from the University of Northern Colorado in counseling psychology. He has worked for Jefferson Center for 21 years. He started his career working on the inpatient psychiatric unit of the University of Colorado Hospital. After working in the adult outpatient program at Jefferson Center, he transitioned to the emergency department. He is now the manager of Crisis Services, overseeing the operation of the 24/7 walk-in-crisis center. In addition to supervising doctoral interns, he does court ordered emergency evaluations and evaluates clients on long term commitments. He is also adjunct at the University of Denver where he supervises masters and doctoral students in their counseling clinic.