Hey, I’m Patch

I’m a former ad man turned couples and group therapist, as well as relational consultant. I spent a decade as managing director and founding member of three successful boutique ad agencies, as well as investor in multiple startups. On the business side, I know first-hand what makes partners thrive vs. break up. And guess what, it’s the same with married couples. Conflict mediation was my bread and butter in advertising - whether between agency and client as Head of Accounts, between business partners as Managing Director, or between founders of startups we invested in. Today I’m a licensed couples therapist and now have all the research and training to back what I already intuitively did as an ad man.

Relevant Training & Experience


2011-2019

Agency #3 (2015-2019)

  • Managing Director

  • CLIENTS: Payless, Indeed, Ecobee, Fiverr, Harmless Harvest, Rockefeller Foundation, Meetup, Mount Gay Rum, Coffee Flour™, The Coca-Cola Company (smartwater)

Agency #2 (2013-2015)

  • Account Director

  • CLIENTS: The Coca-Cola Company (Glaceau vitaminwater, Glaceau smartwater, Chaudfontaine, Minute Maid), MSG, Telefonica, Full Tilt Poker, Siggi's Yogurt, Jet.com, Stella Artois, CoffeeFlour®, TY KU Sake

Agency #1 (2011-2012)

  • Jr. Strategy/Copy/Accounts

  • CLIENTS: Art Directors Club, Dannon Yogurt, Hydroponic Surf Clothing

Couples Counseling Trainings:

  1. Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) 1

  2. Gottman 1&2

  3. Relational Life Therapy 1

  4. Evryman Men’s Emotional Leadership Training

Counseling Degree:

  • UCLA 2019-2021

2020-2024