From Jenna Wes, Soul-Searching Counseling

Working with Max has been both a privilege and a gift. It is rare to feel truly seen, witnessed, heard, and understood by another person. I felt
this way almost instantaneously with Max. He has an extraordinary capacity for deep listening, not only to the words being spoken, but to what lives beneath and between them. He hears between the words. He notices the deeper threads, meanings, and possibilities within what is being shared, and reflects them back with remarkable insight and care.

I began working with Max in the midst of major life transitions. Much of the therapeutic and healing work I have experienced has looked backward, toward understanding and healing what has been. Max brought a different and deeply refreshing orientation, one that looked forward toward what might be. He wanted to know my dreams, my purpose, what I felt I was here to do, and where I wanted to go. And then, as though meeting me at a metaphysical doorway into the life I was reaching toward, he arrived, cosmic map and flashlight in hand, ready to take the journey alongside me.

Max has a rare ability to hear the calling already alive within me, help me bring it into clearer focus, and then ask the question that makes his work feel so different: How do we help you live it?

Max weaves philosophical inquiry, transpersonal psychology, spiritual wisdom, deep listening, and astrological insight together in a way that feels both expansive and remarkably grounded. I have been navigating some significant, painful, and transformative astrological transits, and his ability to bring that cosmic lens into our conversations has offered an entirely unique dimension to the work. It has given us another language through which to understand not only where I am, but what might be asking to emerge.

But what made the experience most meaningful was the genuine way in which Max showed up. He is wise, compassionate, empathic, insightful, caring, and profoundly present. His investment in my growth felt both sincere and palpable. I felt that he was genuinely alongside me, paying attention, remembering, asking the questions that mattered, and deeply invested in helping me move toward the life I was seeking to
create.

That level of attunement was so apparent that even my mother remarked on how deeply Max seemed to understand me after only a few weeks of working together. To be known that deeply, that quickly, is unusual, and speaks to Max’s extraordinary capacity to truly see and understand the person in front of him.

In only a handful of sessions, I experienced a depth of movement, support, clarity, and insight that far exceeded what I have often experienced over much longer periods within more traditional settings. More importantly, Max created a container in which I felt deeply held and supported throughout the process. Feeling truly safe with another person is something I do not say lightly. That sense of trust and security speaks profoundly to the care, presence, and integrity he brings to his work. Above all, I felt seen. That is a rare gift, and so is Max. The guidance and container he provides are truly incomparable. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to work with him, and deeply grateful for the wisdom, care, and genuine investment he brought to every step of the journey.