Who is The Helping Counselor?

Accepting New Clients! Are you looking for a male BIPOC professional counselor?

Do you feel like you don’t fit in, accepted, or connected with other people, perhaps because of traumatic life experiences (childhood, adulthood, military, relationships), Biethnic (Mixed) identity, sexuality, gender, or disability? Then you’re not alone! Do you feel lonely & want to make friends and have meaningful relationships but fear rejection because this has happened in the past? Lastly, do you feel hopeless, worthless, rejected, abandoned, invisible, forgotten, suicidal & want to increase your confidence to make meaningful relationships? Call me.


Let’s re-process your painful experiences, decrease or remove the negative emotions when you think about your painful experiences & build meaningful relationships. Many like us have found success in learning to accept ourselves for who we are & not who others want us to be. As a result, forming meaningful relationships with healthier people by calling me.


I can relate to feeling traumatized, like I don’t fit in with “the crowd,” or family and wanting to be accepted by “everyone.” Therefore, I cope by keeping to myself so I will not feel rejected by others and feel more sad, “depressed,” & alone. Can you relate to asking yourself, “Why me? Why don’t I fit in with everyone? What’s wrong with me?” Then call me.


Below is a poem I wrote about where “I Am From” and “Lifeguard.” I share it with you, not for us to talk about my experiences. Instead, I want you to understand that I approach our counseling sessions from a different real-life experience than other counselors.

I Am From…

I am from Germany, from across the sea

I am from a military family, and I tend to be bratty.

I am from being born on American soil to moving around the U.S.A.

I am from two parents who both had the last name Jackson but never got married

I am from two separate castes, both black and white, but never jointly.

I am from growing up as a child with my white mother’s privilege, but now live my adult life with my black father’s liability.

I am from the one-drop rule, which limits my abilities

I am from a great, great-grandmother of an American slave, who helped build this country.

I am from ignorance as a child about race in our republic to being considered a “bro” at 35 years old when the old white man tried to stab me.

I am from not being “black enough” to not being all “white”; because of the confusion of my melanin, I was told that I was a “fake ass Puerto Rican” and excluded by all three.

I am from having what is considered “good hair,” so my black high school teacher pulled it because she, please.

I am from hating my hair’s texture and trying to relax it, so it lays down like my white colleagues.

I am from being considered “exotic” like spices in a chef’s recipe. In other words, a person without dignity.

I am from being “too” assertive and outspoken; therefore, I am considered “angry.”

I am from “dirt being richer than we were” to now feeling wealthy.

I am from being considered gay, yet; I am bisexual in-reality.

I am from owning who I am even though my own family said I would end up with HIV

I am from growing up Christian to now feeling lonely

I am from Rochester, NY, a place that is not emotionally safe for me.

I am from a two-dog household that provides unconditional love all for me

I am from a place of being human if only you could accept just a little of me.

Lifeguard

Licensed Professional Counselor

New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor- License Number 008376 expires: 09/26

 

Wisconsin Licensed Professional Counselor- License Number 6786-125 expires: 02/28/2025

 

Ohio License Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor – License Number: E.2203243 expires 12/2/2026

 

Texas Licensed Professional Counselor – License Number 88230 expires 10/31/2025

Educational Experience

Doctor of Philosophy (Counseling Education and Supervision)

University at the Cumberlands,

Williamsburg, Kentucky, Anticipated Graduation 12/25

CACREP Accredited Program

 

Master of Science (Mental Health Counseling)

Saint John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, 5/13

Cumulative GPA: 3.86

CACREP Accredited Program

Bachelors of Arts (Psychology & Political Science)

SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 5/08

Cumulative GPA: 3.06

What are you ready and willing to do to reach your goals?