Meet the Team behind syntropy family counseling

Derrick is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with license number 82923. Since 2003, he has worked with many individuals, couples, families, and children to help improve their mental health and lives. From lawyers and CEOs to abused children and struggling college students to inmates in county jail, Derrick has been a pillar of support to every kind of person ready to author their own destiny. 

His extensive experience as a mental health professional includes working with people with severe mood or thought disorders and providing meaningful support and education to their loved ones. Derrick has helped many individuals and families learn to cope with and overcome depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trauma, relationship friction, sleep disturbance, communication problems, emotional reactivity, midlife crises, existential dread, and dozens of other issues.

Derrick tries his best to be an open book to his clients. That is why he will gladly answer any questions about him, his practice, or his accreditation. He even offers to get acquainted with a potential new client even before a face-to-face meeting through a free 30-minute consultation so they can figure out if they are a good fit for one another.

After living and working in Santa Barbara for over a decade, Derrick has become familiar with the many mental health resources available in the local community. He happily shares this information and even offers to help you determine which resources might be best for you and your situation if you don’t know where to start.