Before becoming a psychotherapist, I was a communications executive and film and video producer in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York City, where I founded St. John Productions (SJP). For eight years I was a member of the White House Press Corps, writing on the President, Arms Control and the Federal Budget for nightly and monthly reports to the international commodities industry and most U.S. embassies abroad. During this time, I also produced large theatrical productions, videos, print projects and communications campaigns for large corporate and non-profit clients.

SJP (formerly Communications and Entertainment, Inc.) is an independent film production company dedicated to producing character-driven movies, documentaries and musicals for stage and screen that lift the human spirit through personal change in the face of challenge. I am especially interested in stories that portray people who may be different, but share common goals, problems and feelings with everyone else, even though they are misunderstood, and are experienced during their most crucial challenges... sometimes because of those challenges.

In addition to my therapy practice, I now combine psychology with theatrical and documentary film making and stage productions, and have several projects in development. Current film and video projects include: "The Perpetrators", an independent feature film, and "Scot-Free: Breaking the Violence Habit", a documentary and online learning project about male domestic violence offenders who change their lives by attending a 52-week rehabilitation program required by law, similar to the program I have directed since 1993.

I enjoy working with writers, directors, producers, actors and other performing artists or artists or designers, as well as technical production crews in the movie or theatrical community in conceptualizing and developing their projects, and clinical clients to develop theatrical or film projects that fulfill their own creative goals. This can also be achieved within the context of depth therapy.