Steady guidance for complex human situations.

Where things get complicated people don’t need more noise. They need clarity, experience, and someone who knows how to move things forward.

That’s where I work.

When the cost of missteps is high, how do you step away from the noise?

Situations I’m Brought Into:

  • Addiction and recovery

  • Crisis and critical incidents

  • Complex family dynamics, adolescence

  • Anger, grief, trauma, and life transitions

  • Clinical and pastoral consultation

  • Program and system development

To Help People:

  • Slow things down when needed

  • Help people see what’s actually happening

  • Clarify options and consequences

  • Support grounded, ethical next steps

I work collaboratively, directly, and without judgment—but I don’t avoid hard truths.

I’m Dave. I’ve spent my life working with people and systems under pressure—addiction, crisis, family strain, and change. My work is grounded in clinical training, lived experience, and a belief that steady guidance matters when decisions are hard.

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  • I didn’t arrive here by accident.

    As a young man, I lived inside addiction and its consequences. In my early twenties, I spent four years incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections. Recovery became the foundation of everything that followed.

    After my release, I committed myself to education, clinical training, and service. Over the decades, that work has taken me into behavioral health, addiction treatment, community health, criminal justice, and pastoral settings.

    I do this work because I know what’s at stake when people are trying to change—and how important steady guidance is when it matters most.

  • Licensure

    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker — Colorado, New Mexico, Texas

    • Licensed Addictions Counselor — Colorado

    Education

    • MSW — Colorado State University

    • MHA — Pacific Western University

    • BA, Humanities — University of Texas at San Antonio

    • Pastoral Lay Ministry Certificate — Oblate School of Theology

  • English • Spanish

    Street • Plain

Let’s get you through the complexity.

1. Reach Out 2. We’ll Build a Plan 3. We’ll Get You Through This