He completed his PhD (1974) at the University of Washington and is an Associate Clinical Professor in both the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and the Department of Psychology at the UW. Additionally, he is an Associate Professor of Graduate Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. For six years he served on the Board of Seattle Country Day School, a private school for gifted children. His wife is an Educational Psychologist in private practice and they have two children both of whom have graduated from the UHC. Tom and his family also enjoy hiking, skiing and developing the family blueberry farm.