Learn to Meditate with Michael 

on YouTube - Coming Soon!

Nothing goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.

            -Pema Chodron 

Authentic Life Counseling

Individual, Couple, Marriage, and Family Therapy

Mindfulness-based, Emotion-Focused Therapies, and Somatic Psychotherapy informed by the latest research in Interpersonal

Neurobiology (the science of how relationships with self and others can rewire our brains) and

The Daring Way™ which is a highly experiential methodology based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown

  with the primary focus being developing shame resilience skills and a courage practice for transforming the way we live, love, parent, and lead.


Located just 20 minutes from Portland in beautiful downtown Gresham, Oregon