My staff and many patient friends sometimes call me Dr. T. If this conjures images of the wealthy and paternalistic gynecologist enduring the neuroses of wealthy female Texas patients and a dysfunctional family played by Richard Gere in the 2000 flop, “Dr. T and the Women”, think again. I look, live and practice like Gere about as much as I resemble “Mr. T” of movie and TV fame. I am neither buff, wear gold chains heavy enough to cause cervical spine problems, have a Mohawk, nor condescend to my clients and listeners. But I do cherish hearing from you and offering my insights into what’s on your mind. So you might wonder who’s this guy anyway?

I’m the son of a virtuoso musician and school teacher and selfless, eternally nurturing homemaker, married to the most sensitive, dedicated and beautiful woman on the planet, with three kids who personify the best of what it is to be a kid in America. I’m an unfairly blessed family guy. And I worry about the same issues you do. So when I advise you on health and wellness or challenge you with my thoughts on politics and the defining events of our culture, you’re a guest at the large family table. No doubt my roots and ways of thinking are grounded in traditional values, so my analysis will naturally be spiced accordingly. After all, wouldn’t the world, the country, the office and the family home all be better places if the Golden Rule AND the Ten Commandments (yes I said the Ten Commandments) were indelibly etched into and abided by all gray matter perched on 2 legs? Timeless values built the greatest society in history; I believe only a virtuous compass with true moral north can keep us on course. Which is why the current cultural turbulence and political polarization troubles me.