Michael is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of professional experience. His background includes training in psychology, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and mindfulness.
Areas of special interest: Michael has a special interest in helping with issues associated with trauma, life adjustment problems, depressed mood, anxiety, personality issues, drug and alcohol abuse / dependency, and grief.
Therapy approaches: He works by using the Schema Therapy model to take ideas from different psychotherapy schools such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Gestalt to give you strategies to change the feelings, thoughts and behavior that you don’t like.
Therapeutic style: Michael is most interested in finding patterns in client’s lives, particularly sabotaging behaviours. He looks to confront these while being supportive and caring and working with the client to change destructive patterns so that potential can be realised and life improved.