Student Counseling Center 

Tim (he/him) is a Southwest PA native and recently moved back to area. He spent time in Memphis, TN and Denver, CO before relocating his family back to his hometown. Tim comes to the W&J Student Counseling Center with his MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Denver Seminary. He is passionate about providing care for students who are navigating racial and cultural identity, attachment wounds, anxiety, depression, spirituality, and overall life transitions. Tim is also a transracial adoptee from South Korea and is interested in working with other adoptees. He is influenced by person-centered, attachment theory, narrative, and family systems approaches. He also believes the integration of neurobiology in therapy can help establish a sense of safety and connection for students, helping them connect their internal feelings with their external and somatic experiences. Tim is also EMDR trained and utilizes and mindfulness and grounding techniques in his practice. Tim worked in non-profit ministry for several years as a video producer and photographer before transitioning to the counseling profession. As a creative, he believes storytelling is a powerful way to experience healing and wholeness. Tim and his wife have been married for 7-years and have a 2-year old daughter. He enjoys traveling and trying new food, drinking specialty coffee, watching Marvel and Star Wars movies, hiking, and having impromptu dance parties with his daughter. Tim is also an avid Pirates, Steelers, Penguins, and WVU sports fan.