Certified
Peer Specialist
Founder & Coach
The founder.
100% disabled veteran. Formerly incarcerated. CBT graduate. Peer specialist. Crisis hotline volunteer. Built HILT because he needed it — and couldn't find it.
"You already know what to do. You just needed someone to listen."
The journey
Where this comes from.
2022–2023
One full year of CBT
Completed an intensive year of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through the Seattle VA — not because someone made me, but because I wanted to understand my own mind.
2023
Peer Specialist at R&R House
Worked as a certified peer specialist at R&R House in Wisconsin through Mental Health America of Wisconsin, supporting people navigating recovery and reentry.
Ongoing
Veteran Crisis Hotline
Volunteered on the veteran crisis hotline — listening to veterans in their darkest moments and helping them find a way through.
Now
Founded HILT
Built HILT on one belief: veterans don't need to be fixed. They need someone who's been there to listen — and trust them to find their own way forward.
What to expect
A conversation, not a session.
There's no clipboard. No diagnosis. No one telling you what you should feel or what you should do next.
The first thing that happens is listening. Real listening — the kind where you can take a breath and say what's actually going on without someone jumping in to fix it.
CBT gave the founder tools to understand his own mind. That's what gets passed on — not advice, not answers, but a way of thinking that helps you find your own.
Coaching approach
Peer-to-peer
Lived experience, not a textbook.
CBT-informed
Tools to understand your own thinking.
No judgment
Incarceration, addiction, crisis — all of it is welcome here.
Veteran-to-veteran
You don't have to explain the culture.
Ready to talk?
No intake forms. No waitlists. Just reach out and start a conversation.