Therapy for men in Providence and across Rhode Island

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Most of the men I see in Rhode Island take a session in the middle of the workday: in the car in the parking lot at work, with the seat pushed back, or in a home office with the door shut. My hours are Eastern, so a lunch hour is enough, and nobody at work has to know where you went.

I live here too

I moved to Rhode Island in 2023 to be closer to my wife’s family, and we’re raising our daughter here. I know what it’s like to run into everyone you know at the same Stop & Shop, which matters when the divorce is the thing you don’t want to talk about in the checkout line. Before that I practiced in Seattle for more than a decade; the rest is on the about page.

If your divorce is in Family Court

Every divorce in Rhode Island goes through the Family Court, which sits in four courthouses: Providence, Warwick, Wakefield, and Newport. A few parts of it are worth knowing about early:

• Parenting resources. The court posts a short parenting video and co-parenting guides for separating parents, in court or not. They cover what children need while two homes are being set up, and how to talk with the other parent without starting a fight.
• Court mediation. The Family Court Mediation Program is free and voluntary, and helps parents settle custody, parenting time, and child support. Nothing agreed there is binding until a judge signs it.
• Help with forms. The Judiciary’s Resource Centers, at the Garrahy courthouse in Providence and the Noel courthouse in Warwick, explain court forms and procedures in plain language, though staff can’t fill out forms for you or give legal advice. Guide and File walks you through the forms that finalize a divorce.

For a lawyer, the free guides, and the Bar’s reduced-fee program, see Rhode Island on resources.

None of that is therapy, and I’m not a lawyer. What we work on is you: the week the complaint is served, how to get through a mediation without saying the thing you’ll regret, and what to tell your kids before anything is filed. Therapy for men going through divorce covers how I work on it.

You need to be in Rhode Island for each session

My Rhode Island license covers you while you’re physically in the state, wherever you live. Woonsocket or Westerly counts as much as Providence. The state is small and a lot of men work over the line, so this comes up: if you live in Pawtucket and work in Attleboro, or live in Westerly and work in Mystic, the session has to happen on the Rhode Island side.

Questions people ask

Do you have an office in Providence?

No. Every session is by video and there’s no physical office, in Rhode Island or anywhere else.

Can I have a session while I travel?

Only from inside Rhode Island. A session from a rented house on Block Island is fine; one from a hotel in Boston or a work trip to Hartford isn’t, even a single one. If you’ll be out of state, tell me ahead of time; the fees page has the cancellation policy.

Can I check your Rhode Island license?

Yes. It’s MHC01416, and the Department of Health’s license lookup shows its status.

Can you help with my custody case or testify for me?

No. I don’t do forensic or court-related work, so I won’t write letters for your case or appear in court. What I don’t treat has the full list, and your attorney or the court’s Resource Center is the place for those questions.