Compass Mental Wellness Services, Inc. provides services without discrimination based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or inability to pay. We are committed to providing accessible behavioral health services to all individuals regardless of insurance status or financial circumstances.
In 2018, I founded Compass Mental Wellness Services and introduce a new level of mental health care to Sussex County in 2020. Research of psychotherapy outcomes demonstrates approximately 60% positive outcomes overall. With the addition of any complexity to an individual case, the likelihood of positive outcomes decreases even further. Along with my staff, I strive to build a model of psychotherapy that can be utilized with any therapeutic technique but employs neuropsychological principles to enhance treatment by working with the brain instead of against it. I also utilize cutting-edge neurophysiological treatment techniques to enhance treatment and increase the prevalence of positive outcomes.
I have experience treating adults in various settings, including forensics, addictions, and traditional outpatient mental health. I am a trained cognitive-behavioral therapist (CBT) and utilize other psychotherapy techniques to meet the individual needs of my patients. I am a Marine Corps veteran and strive to provide the best practices tailored to the needs of our veterans and first responders.
I am also proficient in the application of prolonged exposure therapy (PET) for PTSD and exposure therapy/ritual prevention for OCD. I serve as an adjunct professor for Wilmington University in both the psychology department and the doctoral program for social science in prevention science. I have multiple publications in the area of risk assessment of youth violence.
