Jack is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who completed his Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Asbury Theological Seminary. Jack has a passion for working with couples and individuals. Jack has experience working with issues related to addictions, sexual betrayal, trauma, anxiety, depression, and many others.
Jack believes healing and change unfold in safe relationships. We are built to overcome pain and loss; to become stronger and more adaptive in connection to others. Jack helps clients reshape their relationships by forging new patterns of relating leading to deeper connection and holistic healing. Along the way, Jack helps his clients navigate how their histories impact their present. Then, equipped with a deeper sense of compassion and empathy, clients are free to shape a future of goodness previously unimagined.
Jack is also currently on staff with Mariners Church as the Pastor of Care & Recovery. He has dedicated the last 13 years of his life to the local church all under the roles of community building and pastoral care. Jack has been married to his beautiful wife Julie for 9 years and they have 3 incredible children all under the age of 7. Jack enjoys spending time hanging with the family at the beach, reading, and surfing.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I’ll never forget the day my mental health gave out. It was the middle of the day and I had just finished running a group. As the group ended I was talking with my friend and mentor when suddenly a wave of nausea come over me.