He considers himself a generalist with a wide range of experience including work at college counseling centers, private practice, inpatient treatment, and residential care. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of North Dakota. He then completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, now Argosy University. His pre-doctoral internship was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Counseling and Consultation Services and he then went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at Omne Clinic, in Eau Claire, WI.