He is a Certified Gottman Relationship Therapist, Trainer, and Consultant, and former Adjunct Faculty member of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where he taught couples therapy. He has presented workshops to professionals and paraprofessionals on The Gottman Method, trauma, and other topics in a variety of settings in both the United States and Sri Lanka. He recently served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist and received a grant to support his work training Sri Lankan lay counselors. He also has a subspecialty in working with the emotional aspects of learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder and has published on the psychological experience of living with dyslexia over the course of life.