Tom is a clinician, educator, researcher, and author in the field of alcohol and drug treatment and related disorders over the past 16 years. He earned his Ph.D. in education and alcohol related disorders in 1995, from the University of North Dakota. A year-long clinical residency and post-doctoral training as an alcohol and drug counselor was received at Hazelden that included family systems and intervention training. Tom was a Lead Counselor III at the Betty Ford Center's Professionals in Recovery Program prior to entering into private practice and then joining i911. Most recently, Tom wrote and had published a counselor training curriculum for the California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources (CAARR) in the area of Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders.


My own personal recovery from alcohol and other drugs since September 1, 1988, has been the springboard for my life's work. It is in recovery that I found my past mistakes provided me my assets for the future and ability to help others. I owe my life and purpose to those men and women who have and continue to show me the way how to live "clean and sober". My skills as a therapist/interventionist come from the language of the heart, from our shared experience, and the knowing that we are all related. It is my life's work is to share with others what has been shared with me; to provide others an opportunity for a new life filled with growth, hope and purpose.