Are you worried about how screens are shaping your attention, your mood, or your relationships? Maybe you feel pulled into scrolling, gaming, pornography, or constant checking, even when part of you wants to stop. Maybe technology is creating conflict at home, distance in a marriage, or a sense that you are never fully off.
I approach technology misuse with a systemic, nervous-system informed lens. We are not just dealing with “bad habits.” We are dealing with powerful design, reward learning, stress physiology, and the real needs technology often tries to meet in the short run: relief, connection, stimulation, escape, or a sense of competence.
My work starts with a clear assessment: what is actually disruptive, what is necessary, and what is working as a substitute for something else. From there we map the loop: triggers, cues, the short-term payoff, and the long-term cost. Then we build a plan that fits real life. That plan often includes agreements that reduce conflict, technology-free zones and times, and practical device settings that support self-regulation rather than constantly undermining it.
I also use Self-Determination Theory and Motivational Interviewing to help people move from shame and power struggles into agency. The goal is not perfection or abstinence for its own sake. The goal is to protect what matters: attention, sleep, intimacy, focus, and the ability to choose how you spend your time.
I offer workshops, lectures, and consultation services for individuals, couples, families, schools, and community organizations focused on digital wellness, technology addiction, and values-aligned technology use.
For organizations, I provide training that blends research-informed psychoeducation with practical, implementable strategies. Past audiences and partners have included schools, hospitals, and professional organizations such as St. John’s Prep (Danvers), Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Seacoast Learning Collaborative, and the New Hampshire Association for Marriage and Family Therapists. Common formats include keynote-style talks, staff trainings, parent education nights, and consultation for leadership teams.
Topics often include:
The attention economy and the neuropsychology of reward and habit loops
Social media, gaming, and pornography: impact on mood, sleep, attention, and relationships
Nervous system dysregulation, hyper-arousal, and emotional reactivity related to screens
Building coherent policies and shared expectations (home, school, and clinical settings)
Motivational Interviewing strategies for reducing resistance and power struggles
Values-aligned digital wellness plans that support autonomy, connection, and competence
If you’re reaching out on behalf of a school, hospital, or community organization, contact me through the website and include your setting, audience, and what you’re hoping to address. I’ll reply with suggested formats and next steps.
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TESTIMONIALS
"To begin with, Oz was incredible. He explained complicated things so well and made two hours fly by. I understand not only tech addiction, but other addictions so much better now. But he also didn’t just end it making me feel horrible. I have been to four other similar seminars, this was by far the best one! He let us know what to do, how to make things better, he gave us some real answers. Because he explained it so well it will be much easier to go forward with those answers. My favorite moment of the night was when he said that parents in the room of teenagers right now, and that is me, had no idea this was coming. It isn’t our fault. No one has ever faced this before. I started to cry because the world makes me feel like I failed, like I somehow should magically have children running around outside when my kids have Netflix and YouTube. I never wanted to let screens into our lives, but everyone else had phones, they used iPads at school. So now I don’t have to spend my time feeling badly, I can just do things to make it better. I can’t think of a more wonderful gift!"
“Overall the training was great. It gave me knowledge and how to work with my clients on this topic. I really appreciated getting the information in a way that I could understand despite not being technology savvy.”
“I greatly enjoyed this workshop and feel that I took away some new tools and heard some things from a different perspective.”
“Oz did an excellent job delivering an engaging message on a topic that is crucial for clinicians to have knowledge of to do effective systemic work. I really look forward to learning more from his future workshops. Thanks, Oz!”
“Oz did such a great job! All the information was interesting and well communicated. I wish we had more time.”
“Oz was great. He did the right amount of pausing, the right amount of asking us to be thoughtful and answer before he told us information. He actually left time at the end to think about how we could prevent and treat things-which often gets so rushed through at the end because so much time has been taken up in the morning over history and nonsense we usually already know. He did a great job pausing himself and saying we would learn such and such later on in the day, and he, at least twice maybe three times, asked us if his pace was conducive to our learning.”
“This workshop was great. I walked away with a new perspective of the importance of assessing and understanding how my clients view, interact with and use technology. It also gave me ideas of how I can be more mindful and intentional in my own screen use.”
“This was a terrific training that lots of people should be exposed to.”