From Sloan Kettering to Jerusalem to Your Corner.

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor with an uncommon background: neuroscience and philosophy at Muhlenberg College, psychiatric research at Memorial Sloan Kettering, a two-year fellowship studying Talmud and ethics in Jerusalem, and a clinical master's from Temple University. I don't just help people change behavior — I help them understand why their brain resists the change.

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The Long Way Around

My Origin Story

After graduating from Muhlenberg with degrees in neuroscience and philosophy, I spent two years at Memorial Sloan Kettering's Department of Psychiatry doing smoking cessation research. I was surrounded by brilliant people and important work — but inside, I was falling apart. I wasn't productive, I wasn't engaged, and I was quietly racing between being fired and quitting.

I didn't know it then, but my brain had built an elegant system of avoidance to protect me from the very things I needed most: direction, exposure, and honest self-examination.

In 2018, I left New York for Jerusalem. I spent two years in an intensive fellowship studying Talmud, Torah, ethics, and what it means to live a deliberate life. I cooked meals for 25 students during COVID. I learned Confucianism, phenomenology, and Rollo May alongside ancient texts. That immersion didn't just change what I knew — it changed how I think about thinking.

The Healing Journey

Becoming a Clinician

I returned to Philadelphia, earned my M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from Temple (3.97 GPA), and completed my clinical training at Hall Mercer Community Mental Health Center and Merakey. I became a Licensed Professional Counselor and joined Dr. Resignato's practice at The Art of Wellness.

Today I'm married, father of two boys, and deeply embedded in my community — I helped launch the first Sephardic synagogue on the Main Line, I study Talmud every night, and I mentor five men who are building their own lives with more intention and courage.

My journey from lost researcher to grounded clinician, father, and mentor is exactly why I do this work. I know what it's like to be capable, intelligent, and completely stuck — and I know what it takes to build a path forward.

What I Believe

Six Core Principles

The patterns you can't see are the ones running your life.

Most people are operating on autopilot — driven by brain circuitry they never chose. Awareness is the first step.

Neuroscience isn't just theory — it's the map.

Understanding how your brain resists change gives you the tools to work with your wiring, not against it.

Heroism lives in everyday moments.

True courage looks like keeping your cool in traffic, asking for the raise, or bravely taking your life in a new direction.

Real change requires more than insight.

You can understand a pattern intellectually and still repeat it for years. Transformation happens in the gap between knowing and doing.

Generative masculinity, not toxic masculinity.

Becoming a better man isn't about toughness or stoicism. It's about emotional regulation, genuine leadership, and showing up fully.

The goal is becoming whole.

Every individual has the ability to reach full completion — not by becoming someone else, but by fully revealing who they already are.

How I Work

Modalities

Internal Family Systems (IFS) — Inner Child & Parts Work
Existential & Jungian Depth Psychology
Cognitive-Behavioral Methods (CBT)
Neuroscience-Informed Practice
Person-Centered & Motivational Interviewing

Background

Credentials

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) — PA License #PC019684
M.Ed. Counseling Psychology, Temple University (GPA 3.97)
B.Sc. Neuroscience & Philosophy, Muhlenberg College
2-Year Fellowship — Machon Yaakov, Jerusalem (Talmud, Torah, Ethics)
Psychiatric Research — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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