He is a graduate of the Gestalt Training Center—San Diego. A trainer since the mid 1970s, he was one of the first to offer ongoing Gestalt therapy training in the Portland/Vancouver area. The author of numerous articles and book chapters on Gestalt therapy theory and practice, he has had a special interest in bringing Gestalt therapy into academic settings for over 40 years. He recently left his position as a Professor at Pacific University School of Professional Psychology, where taught Gestalt therapy for almost 40 years. He has studied Buddhist psychology and has been an Insight (Vipassana) Meditation practitioner for many years, and is co-author of the book Buddhist Psychology and Gestalt Therapy Integrated: Psychotherapy for the 21st Century.