Darryl has been a counselor at NHP since March 1998. He has worked with adolescents, children, adults, and families for nine years. Darryl has taught counseling/therapy on the Marriage and Family/Art Therapy faculties at Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles (his alma mater) and Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino. In addition, he has been a trainer and volunteer with the Los Angeles Shanti Foundation for thirteen years, working with people affected by HIV/AIDS and other life threatening illnesses. Currently, Darryl is pursuing a certificate in Educational Therapy at California State University at Northridge.

Favorite quote: "People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life." - James Baldwin, from Giovanni's Room