He is a fully licensed Psychologist. He is employed by Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a BS in Psychology in 1997. He received his MA in Counseling Psychology also from Western Michigan University in 2000. He completed an Internship in Psychology at Kalamazoo College in 2005. He pursued a Postdoctoral Internship from Oakland University in 2009. He received his PhD in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University in 2009.