Don is a lifelong transformational change agent that includes being a Psychotherapist and Educator — focusing on the unique growth and development of everyone.His Quaker background, love of nature, and his deep regard for children of all learning styles have led to the creation of nurturing and joyful learning environments for children and families. Don holds master’s degrees from Antioch University New England: MA, Master in the Art of Teaching (MAT); MA, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). He is a graduate of Rutgers University (BA, Religion & Psychology), the New York Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training, and the New York Focusing Institute.Don served in VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) working as an Appalachian Volunteer/Community Organizer and as a teaching principal in a one-room schoolhouse in eastern Kentucky. From Vermont to Maryland he has taught on the elementary (Guilford & The Putney Grammar School) through college levels (Castleton University & Antioch New England University).Locally, Don taught at Gilman School, Jemicy School, Lakeland Middle School (Baltimore), and Havre de Grace High School (Teacher of the Year - 1999). He is the Founder and Teaching-Principal of Whispering Oaks School, Inc. an accredited non-profit one-room country schoolhouse (1988-1995) in White Hall, Maryland. Don founded and is Director Emeritus of Nature Camps, Inc. (www.naturecamps.com) - recipient of a 2013 Maryland State Governor’s Citation for Excellence in Environmental Education for Children & Families). In December 2022 Don retired from Nature Camps, Inc. and closed camp.Infinite Bluebirds Counseling is an extension of Nature Camps’ forty-nine year practice of environmental, adventure, and solution-based learning for children, families, couples, and groups.