Greg has been a philosophical counselor since 1996 and has extensive experience with online counseling. After studying Psychology at California State University. Greg studied philosophy at the Universität zu Köln in Cologne, Germany, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Rochester. His areas of specialization were decision theory, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of George Berkeley. His doctoral dissertation was on the question, "Is it ever rational to be impatient?"

As a philosophical counselor, Greg is nationally certified by the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, trained by Prof. Lou Marinoff, author of the well-known Plato Not Prozac!; and by California State University, Fullerton's J. Michael Russell — a true pioneer in the philosophical counseling movement.

Nondual inquiry includes the powerful teachings of Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism. Greg studied Advaita Vedanta through the Chinmaya Mission, Sri Atmananda, Jean Klein, and Francis Lucille. He studied the Mahayana teachings of Pure Land Buddhism through Jodo-Shinshu, and studied Chinese Middle-Way Buddhism through the lineage of the pre-eminent scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Master Yin-Shun of Taiwan, P.R.C., author of The Way to Buddhahood.

Greg serves as Managing Editor of Philosophical Practice, the Journal of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association. He has written many popular articles on spiritual, therapeutic and philosophical topics, including

"Another Kind of Self-Inquiry,"
"Free Will and Freedom,"
"Is Spiritual Practice Necessary?,"
and
"Nondualism, Yogas and Personality Characteristics."

Greg is well-known innovator for having combined the ancient "direct-path" method of self-inquiry with modern electronic media. He is a member of the International Society for Mental Health Online, which studies the techniques and effectiveness of online counseling. Since the mid-1990's he has been a moderator and active contributor on philosophical and spiritual Internet lists, including the Nonduality Salon, Advaitin, Advaita-L, Dharma-Direct, DirectApproach, EndOfTheRopeRanch, AdvaitaToZen, HarshaSatsangh, and TheRoomOfThis.