Hi—I’m Vince. I’m a licensed clinical social worker with close to a decade of experience helping people build better relationships, understand themselves, and cultivate fuller, more grounded lives. 

At the root of my practice is the belief that you make sense.

As overwhelming as life can get, I firmly believe that we are all doing the best we can with the resources we have. Often what we did to survive—when we weren’t fully understood or supported—leads to adaptations that no longer serve us. If you’re struggling to accept parts of yourself, avoiding the growth you want, or stuck in relationship patterns that are getting in the way of feeling well, I can help. 

Inspiration and Values

I am a very curious person. I think about things in depth and am passionate about helping people understand themselves and evolve.

I believe in slowing down, and I believe we all need support in doing so. Our phones get software updates every couple of weeks that make them faster and more efficient at delivering information to us, but our nervous systems do not get those same updates. We are constantly pushed messages of “buy this product,” “do this exercise,” “take this supplement,” “avoid this food,” “try this hack”—all of which hold the implicit message “You are not enough and you need to do more.” I believe that in slowing down we can create the room we need for growth to emerge. 

I believe in interconnectedness and I value dependency. The myth of individualism has led us all to believe that we should need way less support than we actually do. Few of us have been taught or shown how to be in healthy relationship with ourselves and others. Intellectually, we know that behaviors like apologizing, asking for support, checking in about others' experiences are important, but few of us have been explicitly taught the skills necessary for connection nor have we seen parents model them. Learning how to more meaningfully “human” is a process. 

I respect the complexity of the human experience and believe we all have the capacity to grow if we are truly seen and supported. In the decade I have spent practicing therapy, I’ve spent a lot of time studying different styles of therapy and implementing a range of interventions. While I find it useful to have all of these tools, I realize again and again that growth happens when you start with the person. We all need space to be seen and understood yet few of us have had that. I can’t fix you because you are not broken, but together we can figure out the conditions you need to thrive.

Credentials 

I received my Bachelors of Arts from Georgetown University and Masters of Arts in Clinical Social Work from the University of Chicago. I have completed a two year intensive training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-based approach to treating trauma developed by Dr. Pat Ogden as well as a one-year post graduate fellowship in mindfulness-based interventions with Dr. Paul Holmes of the University of Chicago.