Michael is a licensed psychologist, a Fellow in the American Psychological and American Counseling Associations.  He is listed in the National Register of Health Psychologists and is certified as a Relationship Enhancement Marriage and Family Therapist.  He has over thirty years of experience providing individual, family and group counseling for adolescent and adult clients who face challenges with anxiety, depression, emotions, substances, learning, career and relationships.

Michael has served as a counselor at four university counseling centers, six hospitals and seven community agencies. He has also served as a graduate faculty member training psychologists at three universities. He has published 50 manuscripts in national refereed professional journals, and he has provided leadership in for national professional organizations.

Professional Organization Affiliation

Michael is a member the American Psychological Association, the American Counseling Association, the Association for Specialist in Group Work, and the International Association for Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling.

Education and Training

Michael is a Bay Area native who earned his Associates degree in psychology at the College of San Mateo and his Bachelors degree in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.  He earned his doctorate in the American Psychological Association (APA) accredited Counseling Psychology program at the University of Utah, and completed an APA approved internship at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Orleans.  He has extensive post doctoral training in cognitive behavioral therapy, group counseling and Relationship Enhancement Marriage and Family Therapy.

Clinical Psychologist License number:  27284

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