I am a family therapist and my approach to psychotherapy has been shaped by over thirty years of work with addictions. Helping clients into Recovery has led to a special understanding of the complexities of relationships and the processes of change for individuals, couples, and families. I have spent most of those years seeing couples and families in San Francisco's wonderfully diverse cultural landscape. I am no stranger to the complexities of gender, class and ethnicity as they influence the work of family or individual therapy.I have led therapy groups throughout my career, and believe group experience is helpful for all but especially for men who are working on relational issues like speaking from an emotional place, and telling the truth.My own development as a man, and my understanding of that journey, has emerged as an important dimension of my work with men. I've now spent over half my life doing this. If it hasn't always led to Wisdom, it certainly has given me a compassionate perspective.