Hi there, I'm Michael!
My education journey began at the University of California, San Diego, where I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 1979. Soon after, I attended and graduated from a horseshoeing school in Oklahoma City, then started my small business in San Diego, California, the “horse capital of the world.”
My focus
Modalities: DBT, Emotionally Focused, Attachment-Based Therapy, CBT, Gestalt, Experiential, Gottman, Humanistic, Motivational Interviewing, Family Systems, Narrative, Psychodynamic, Solution Focused, Trauma Focused. Specialties: Abuse, Anger Management, Anxiety, Behavioral Addictions, Bipolar Disorder, Couples Therapy, and many more.
My approach
I take traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (which focuses on changing thoughts and feelings) a step further by using schema therapy, which identifies and challenges the beliefs or schemas that produce the thoughts and feelings. Change becomes more permanent and automatic as a result. “…be transformed by the renewing of your mind….” Romans 12:2
Expertise
Specialties
Treatment approaches
Focus populations
Therapy types
- Individual Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Family Therapy
Ages served
- Adults
- Minors
- Preteens
- Children
Practice
Accepted insurance providers
- Aetna
- All Savers
- Allegiance
- Allied
- Anthem