Life doesn’t come equipped with an emotional “check engine” light.

(But even if it did, let’s be honest, you’d still try to ignore it for as many miles as possible, wouldn’t you?)

When you’re dealing with things like depression, ADHD, suicidal thoughts, chronic stress, or relationships that make you want to tear your hair out (or at least what little is left of it, anyway), it’s gonna take more than a power drill and some elbow grease to fix up your mental health.

Your mind is a lot more complicated than a Sunday afternoon DIY project.

“Maybe you should talk to someone,” they say. 

“Maybe I should just go back to binge-watching my dragon show,” you think.

Because the thing is, even when you have asked for help (or tried therapy MULTIPLE times before), it seems like it’s been about as helpful as someone saying “sucks to be you, dude” or “try taking some deep breaths”. 

You wonder, “is a therapist really going to get me?” 

You have no idea how someone’s going to react if you open up that sometimes your life doesn’t really feel worth living and–– let’s be real –– a therapist who just stares at you blankly as you spill your guts, says “Mm-hmm”, and hands you a workbook just isn’t going to cut it.

If what you were struggling with was that simple, you’d have found a way to take care of it yourself already.

You need a therapist who’s comfortable with complexity. That’s me.

Hi, I’m Jared. I’m all about helping smart, struggling people like you dig through that complicated brain box on your shoulders, challenge and change your worst “what was I thinking?” reactions, and figure out how to get back to being the great person that you (and your family, friends, and co-workers) deserve.

You’re serious about becoming the best version of yourself and you probably want to work with someone in a way that feels meaningful, collaborative, and challenging. 

You need someone with a professional “third party” perspective who uniquely understands men’s mental health concerns (trust me, they rarely teach us this stuff in school), and I’ve got the smarts, the skills, and the years of clinical experience to work together in a way that works for you. 

And –– most importantly, perhaps –– I get it. Because I’ve been there.

For a long time, academia was my jam. I completed my doctorate at Adelphi University and an advanced clinical fellowship in psychotherapy at Harvard Medical School. 

It’s pretty cold up north, so I came down to Emory University and worked as a clinical research scientist and Assistant Professor contributing to psychotherapy training and federally funded research projects on personality disorder assessment. 

While the academic life sounds pretty impressive, in reality, the relentless instability and chronically hyper-competitive nature of it can really take a major mental and emotional toll.

Meanwhile, my internal GPS kept leading me back to clinical work, teaching, and to helping people like you find ways to deal with the tough stuff that’s holding you back.

What my academic background as a serious therapy nerd did instill me with is a metric ton of experience learning, debating, and thinking about the science and art of practicing therapy in the kind of way that some people know every subplot of a superhero movie or every ship in the fictional space Federation.

I’m a husband, a father, and I have well over a decade of clinical experience, dozens of publications and media appearances, and a busy private practice offering psychotherapy and counseling for adult ADHD, chronic depression, and men’s issues in Atlanta, Brookhaven, Buckhead, and the surrounding areas for over five years.

Are you ready to stop driving through life with an emotional flat-tire?

Life isn’t always an easy road, but I’ve been around the terrain. I’ve helped people just like you navigate through some real rough patches and I want to help you find the same direction in your own life, so you can be the person you want to be for your friends, your family, your partner — and for yourself.

Sound good? Click here and let’s get this thing started.