I am a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and an attorney who retired from the United States Marine Corps Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2007 and from federal civil service with the Department of the Navy in 2022 after thirty years of total service. Diagnosed with a severe case of OCD in 1997 while on active duty, I underwent treatment and developed my own strategy to successfully overcome OCD. I was the Keynote Speaker at the 2010 Annual IOCDF Conference and served on the IOCDF Board of Directors from 2011 - 2018, when I resigned my position as President to go serve in Afghanistan.

I have written three books on overcoming OCD, operated a Facebook page about OCD recovery, produced an online course about my peer support methodology (which includes modules from Dr. Jenny Yip, Dr. Jon Abramowitz, and artist/OCD Advocate Sean Shinnock), and have successfully provided peer support to OCD sufferers since 2016 worldwide.

After my first book "It'll be Okay": How I Kept OCD from Ruining My Life was published in 2009, the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) invited me to deliver the Keynote Address at the 2010 annual conference in Washington D.C. I served on the Board of Directors for the IOCDF from 2011 to 2018, including as President from 2016 – 2018, when I resigned to serve in Afghanistan as a civilian advisor to their Ministry of Defense. In 2016, the State of Virginia certified me as a Peer Recovery Specialist.I have successfully worked with hundreds of clients around the world. I must be recertified every two years through continuing education. My Turning Points Method to OCD Recovery members site contains a wealth of resources created by me to aid people in recovery (including new daily recovery affirmations, new weekly videos, an extensive library of over 250 videos about the nuances of OCD recovery, my online course, and my deck of motivational "Quick Reminder" cards).

My one-on-one peer support relies on both my personal experiences and credentials as a certified peer recovery specialist to teach OCD sufferers how to summon the power and strength within to transform their perspective and get to a place where OCD does not adversely affect their lives. I provide a roadmap of hope that shares valuable information about the growing discipline of peer support, insight into how to build a recovery foundation, insight into my strategy to overcome OCD, motivation, encouragement, and tips for sufferers to self-motivate in order to become indifferent to the intrusive thoughts and resist giving in to compulsions.