Hi, I’m Griffin! 

I have several qualities that I believe lend themselves well to my work as a therapist. 

The first is a sort of fascination with what might be called taboo, or possibly just “intensity.” I have a lot of presence for matters that sting of shame and keep us alone.

The second is some blend of competitiveness and playfulness that expresses itself in the form of an immense appetite for figuring out the best–most effective, most discerning–way to do something.

Of course, I have not figured out the best way to help every couple who comes to my office relearn how to be tender with one another, nor aid every individual living under the thumb of fear in finding their way to steadiness, but I never tire of the project. I read research and books on psychology, neuroscience, love, fear, and human sexuality, and tinker my methods to see what might work better for my clients.

The third and last quality I’ll mention here is I try to be funny. By this I mean I have found that a lot of room to breathe is created by an appreciation of the absurdity of what we’re all doing here, smaller than specks in the universe, sometimes acting badly, sometimes courageously, watching soccer on TV, peeling an orange, trying to figure out what to do with our “one precious life.”