About Dale

I’m a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina with more than 20 years of experience helping adults navigate anxiety, emotional overwhelm, relationship struggles, self-criticism, and disordered eating patterns.

I earned my bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, graduating cum laude with distinction in psychology, and later completed a master’s degree in psychology with a concentration in counseling psychology from Union Institute and University.

Since 1984, I have worked in a variety of human service settings, including social work, rehabilitation counseling, college-level psychology instruction, and both personal and career counseling. These experiences have deepened my understanding of the many ways people struggle, adapt, grow, and heal throughout different stages of life.

My approach to therapy is warm, collaborative, and grounded in compassion and real-life understanding. I believe most people are coping the best way they know how, even when those coping patterns eventually begin creating pain, disconnection, or emotional exhaustion.

Rather than judging these struggles, therapy can help us understand them with greater clarity and compassion. Together, we explore where these patterns come from, what may be contributing to them, and how to move toward healthier ways of coping, relating, and living.

I tailor therapy to each individual’s unique needs and draw from a range of approaches to help clients better understand themselves, build on their strengths, and create meaningful and lasting change.

One of the things I value most about this work is witnessing people grow — becoming more connected to themselves and others, more self-accepting, and more able to live with greater peace, balance, and authenticity.