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Alan’s office address is 17880 N. US Highway 41 in Lutz, FL 33549. His counseling expertise includes helping people reduce their anger, calm their anxiety, lift their depression, improve their communication skills, resolve their marital conflict, and find freedom from such addictions as pornography and mood altering substances. He also helps parents develop effective skills in rearing children who challenge parental authority or who were impacted by trauma. He has been counseling children, adolescents, families and couples since June 2002.
Depending on the needs and development of the client, his style of counseling is warm, relational, and varies between directive and non-directive. He tailors treatment to the individual, couple, or family he is working with. His interventions, which may include prayer, scripture, coaching, handouts, assessments, recommended readings, and exploration of beliefs and values, are designed to identify (a) the impact of family history on the client’s strategies and style of relating and (b) the underlying core needs and fears of the clients and how these needs and fears affect their faith, relationships, and coping skills.
Alan graduated with honors with a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary, which involved 45 credits in theology and 60 credits in psychology. While in Dallas, he trained at the Christian Counseling Center of Dallas, St. Paul Medical Center’s Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Program, and The Minirth Clinic with Dr. Minirth.
He also received four years of training in psychoanalysis at the Tampa Bay Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, and has been the President of the Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Society since August 2020.
