Christopher Michael
Psychologist -
I help you recover from, absorb, and adapt to shocks and difficult changes in your relationships, workplace, roles, goals, and purpose. These problems can lead to feelings of desperation, defeat, and confusion, as well as conflict and self-criticism. Yet, I believe “Problems are the outward signs of unused inner possibilities” (Rollo May).
For new possibilities to emerge, you need a trusted guide who responds with openness, precision, empathy, and patience. When you take in new perspectives, new views on choices, and new compassion, you increase your ability to do those things for yourself. You find a resilient freedom and less feeling of being forced and trapped.
I listen well to really envision how you’re doing and feeling in the world. Then I give back digestible ideas and observations. I think long waits for help are not OK, even if they are common. Call or email; I answer the same, or early next, business day.
Note: For this critical time, I am emphasizing online therapy and telephone therapy. Both use encrypted, HIPAA-compliant systems.
Skills and Expertise
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Addiction
Adjustment to College
Adult
Alcohol Use
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Body Image
Breakups
Bullying
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Chronic Illness or Disability
Chronic Pain or Illness
codependency
college age
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Creative Blocks
Depression
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Emptiness
Entitlement
Family Conflict
Family of Origin Issues
Fear
Forgiveness
grief
Guilt
Health Illness and Medical Issues
Helplessness and Victimhood
Identity Issues
Inadequacy
Individuation
Isolation
Jealousy
Life Purpose
Loss or Grief
Mens Issues and Problems
Midlife Crisis
Mood Disorders
Obsessions and Compulsions
Paranoia
Panic
Peer Relationships
Perfectionism
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Psychosis
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
severe mental illness
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Substance Use
Trauma
Treatment Orientation
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Existential
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Relational Therapy
Modality