Boise Psychiatry
Meet Your Provider
Training, experience, and how I practice
My clinical training runs deep, and it is the foundation of everything I do. I began working in psychiatric care in 2004 and have spent the years since at nearly every level of the field, from direct bedside care, through registered nursing, and into advanced practice. Across hospital and behavioral health settings I trained and worked alongside psychiatrists, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams, learning the standards of careful, evidence-based psychiatric medicine from the people who set them. Since 2022 I have also cared for veterans at the Boise VA Medical Center in substance use and PTSD programs.
In November 2024 I completed my Master of Science in Nursing and became a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. What that means for you is simple: when we work together, you are getting a provider with more than twenty years of experience, formal advanced training, and a habit of collaborating with other clinicians whenever it serves your care. I treat ADHD, depression, bipolar spectrum disorders, anxiety, OCD, trauma and PTSD, and insomnia, pairing current research with practical, real-world judgment in every plan I make.
A little about my life
Roots, the open country, and staying active
I grew up in Pocatello, Idaho, and the West has always felt like home, even in the years I wandered from it. In 2010 I moved to Hawaii, then to Seattle in 2012, and finally settled in Boise in 2017. Each place left its mark on me. I have come to love the landscapes I have lived in and the very different communities that came with them, and I still spend as much time as I can outdoors, mountain biking, hiking, and camping in the country that first shaped me. Staying active is a constant for me, and a healthy lifestyle and physical fitness have become lifelong pursuits that I find keep both body and mind steady.
Living in places as different as small-town Idaho, the islands, and a major city gave me something I value deeply as a provider: perspective. I have known and cared for people from very different walks of life, and it taught me that good psychiatric care is never one size fits all. Everyone arrives with their own context, and meeting people where they are is at the heart of how I practice.
Music, comedy, and staying grounded
I have played guitar for years, with some time in bands along the way, and music, rock especially, has always been a release for me. I am also a longtime fan of stand-up comedy and admire the honesty and timing the craft demands. Both give me a way to step back, laugh, and reset, and I think anyone who has found that kind of outlet understands how much it can carry you through a hard season.
Family, partnership, and what matters most
Of everything I have done, fatherhood is what I am proudest of and what I have enjoyed most. Raising a family has shaped me at least as much as any part of my training. I have also come to value the steadiness that a loving partnership brings to a life, and the perspective that comes with building a home alongside someone. Together these have taught me how hard it can be to balance caring for the people you love with simply keeping up financially in a world that asks more of us every year. That is not an abstraction to me. It is daily life, and it informs the compassion and the practicality I try to bring to every person I work with.
Community and recovery
Outside of my practice, I stay involved with Hive, a local substance use support group. Addiction care has been central to my work for years, and being part of a community built around recovery keeps me close to the people and the purpose behind the clinical side of what I do.
I built Boise Psychiatry around the kind of care I would want for my own family: attentive, honest, evidence-based, and within reach. The clinical training matters, but so does understanding the lives my patients are actually living. I try to bring both to the work.
