Biography

Throughout his 41-year career as a psychologist, Michael’s special focus has been to identify the psychological tools of people who manage life's challenges well. He has used this understanding to counsel, teach, train and coach others to develop these tools. His aim is always to equip people with the coping skills needed to engage life to its fullest potential.

Michael received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Miami University in 1976. As a college student and then a graduate school student during the 60s, Michael’s thinking and values were shaped by the Human Potential movement, Humanistic Psychology, and by the popular culture of the decade. Those influences, as well as personal ones, fostered his search for sustainable strategies that could help people leverage their efforts to be successful in their aspirations and to live the good life.

For 38 years he specialized in Health Psychology, helping people manage the psychological challenges of stress, stress-related medical symptoms, and chronic medical afflictions, to function at their best. He developed his arsenal of effective methods from specialized training programs, evidence-based strategies, clinical experience, and his personal experience. He consolidated these methods into the Stress Management & Health Skills Enhancement Program™. Participants learned how the mind and body work as a system: they developed better ability to self-regulate their mind-body system, learned more effective personal and interpersonal skills, and gained enduring hardy habits.

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