Modalities

Michael takes a personalized, whole-person approach to therapy, drawing from somatic, cognitive, analytical, and relational perspectives. Together, you’ll explore the patterns, emotions, body responses, and relationships that shape your experience—creating a path toward greater awareness, healing, and meaningful change.

Modalities

Michael takes a personalized, whole-person approach to therapy, drawing from somatic, cognitive, analytical, and relational perspectives. Together, you’ll explore the patterns, emotions, body responses, and relationships that shape your experience—creating a path toward greater awareness, healing, and meaningful change.

A Personalized Approach to Therapy

Shift in Perspective provides transformational, depth-oriented couples psychotherapy grounded in presence, attunement, and individualized care.

Every client and relationship is unique. Michael considers your experiences, concerns, patterns, and goals as part of a holistic assessment. From there, he draws from a range of therapeutic approaches to create a treatment process tailored to your needs.

Online and in-person sessions are available. Sessions are offered in 60- or 90-minute formats, with extended sessions available by arrangement.

Somatic Therapy for Trauma & Emotional Regulation

Somatic therapy brings awareness to the connection between your body, emotions, thoughts, and nervous system. It can help you develop greater regulation, grounding, and resilience.

This work may include:

  • Conscious awareness of the body and its signals
  • Practices for regulating mood, emotions, and cognitive responses
  • Education and collaboration around somatic practices
  • Attention to sleep, nutrition, exercise, wellness, and self-care
  • Movement awareness and therapeutic bodywork
  • Expressive arts for grounding, healing, and self-expression

Soul Work

Soul work focuses on reconnecting with your essential and authentic self.

Together, you may explore:

  • Your inner wisdom, values, and sense of purpose
  • Your path, vocation, and opportunities for growth
  • Developmental patterns that have shaped your identity
  • The beliefs and stories that influence how you see yourself
  • Intuition, resonance, and relatedness
  • The difference between your authentic self and protective or “false” identities
  • Creativity, passion, and access to your deeper sense of calling

Intimacy, Sexuality & Relationship Therapy

Healthy relationships require both connection and individuality. Michael helps couples explore the patterns that influence intimacy, communication, conflict, trust, and emotional security.

Together, you may work on:

  • Creating more open, loving, intimate, secure relationships
  • Healing generational patterns of disconnection
  • Recognizing each others attachment styles and what your partner needs
  • Practicing deep listening, relational attunement and co-regulation
  • Building understanding and deepening connection
  • Rediscovering passion, purpose and meaning
  • Navigating through intimacy blockages
  • Renewing affection and refinding sensuality, erotic energy and sexual intimacy
  • Prioritizing intimacy while raising children or caring for elderly parents
  • Rebuilding trust after betrayal
  • Repairing and reconnecting with estranged parents, children, siblings and friends
  • Finding grace and forgiveness

Additional Areas of Expertise

Michael also works with a range of concerns and challenges, including:
  • Substance use assessment and treatment
  • Codependency and adult children of addiction
  • Emotional and social intelligence
  • Men’s work
  • Narrative therapy
  • Neurodivergence and ADHD
  • Mood regulation and executive functioning
  • Assertiveness and boundary setting
  • Communication skills
  • Social anxiety, shyness, isolation, and loneliness
  • Work-life balance
  • Anger management
  • Pain management
  • Conflict resolution