Dan is is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Parent Coach, and an advanced trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach™ (NHA). He is the founder of The Compass 4 Life. Dan earned his Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Benedictine University in 2002.

Being the oldest of 6 boys, Dan will say he has been working with children his whole life. Over the past 3 decades, he has provided clinical services to children in a variety of therapeutic settings, such as behavioral health and residential hospitals, alternative and public schools, client's homes, private practice, and outpatient treatment centers. For the first 15 years of his career, he provided individual and group therapy to children. However, after becoming a father and being frustrated with traditional mental health treatment, Dan switched gears and began to focus on parents, teachers and caregivers. He found that by training and equipping the adults who work with or have children with challenging behavior, results are faster and more sustainable. So he developed a therapeutic coaching model for parents and professional development trainings for educators.

Dan integrates several models based on experience and training. However, the Nurtured Heart Approach™ is at the foundation. Personally trained by NHA™ founder, Howard Glasser, Dan is considered an expert in the Nurtured Heart Approach™. He specializes in helping adults who work with or have challenging children develop strategies for their child to succeed in both the school environment and family setting.

Dan has developed his own unique coaching style based on the Nurtured Heart Approach™. Dan’s vision is to train and coach teachers and parents so that they can in turn provide all children with the best possible environment to flourish. He is committed to bridging the gap between home and school.

Dan created the The Compass 4 Life to provide:

• Parent Coaching
• Special Events (Parent & Community Workshops)
• School Consulting and Training (Administrators and Teachers)
• Individual Counseling for adults

It is Dan’s belief that the Nurtured Heart Approach™ not only uncovers the greatness within every child, but it also provides them with an internal compass for life.