Background

Tyler is an Associate Professional Clinician Counselor with a background in higher education and trauma informed care. He is a First-Generation College student who grew up in California. He attended community college and transferred to UC Davis where he graduated with his Batchelor of Science degree in Sociology and a Minor in Education. Tyler then went on to earn his Master of Science degree in Counselor Education with a concentration in Career Counseling. During Internship at Sac State, he worked for multiple community colleges, UC Davis, and Sacramento State University providing Career and Mental Health Counseling. Tyler has experience working with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, transitioning age youth, youth ages 5-21, college students, and adults. Outside of therapy Tyler likes to socialize with friends, travel, cook, explore different cultures and foods, hunt and fish, camp, and hike. 

My Approach & Values

Tyler loves helping people. He finds it to be an honor to support clients and students through peaks and pits of their lives while seeing them flourish. As a first-generation college student navigating the world, he knows how difficult it can be to reach out for help. This is the first step to your healing journey. Tyler employs unconditional positive regard through non-judgement of the feeling or siltation. Tyler’s approach is holistic, person centered, relational, psychodynamic; emphasizing truama informed, attachment relations, and narrative components into talk therapy. Building a strong connection with clients is seminal and is essential to the treatment process. Tyler strives to be his most authentic self, empathic, non-judgmental, supportive, and empowering toward clients. Tyler utilizes a humanistic approach to build rapport and promote change.