Major Practice Proficiencies
- Individual Counseling
- Marriage and Family
- Consultation
- Health and Wellness
- Crisis Intervention / Trauma
- Business and Organizational Development
- Spiritual Counseling
Demographic
Addictions
- Alcohol and Drug Addictions
- Sexual Addiction
- Other Addictions
Abuse
- Abuse Survivor Issues
- Child Abuse
- Domestic Abuse
- Elder Exploitation
- Emotional and Psychological Abuse
- Molestation Recovery & Healing
- Neglect
- Rape Recovery
Disorders
- Adjustment Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Disassociative Disorders
- Mood and Depressive Disorders
- Substance Disorders
Career and Education
- Career Change / Job Development
- Professional Burnout
- Workplace Issues
Marriage and Family Counseling
- Aging Parents / Elder Care
- Communication Between Spouses
- Dealing with Divorce
- Family Conflicts, Resolving
- Family of Origin Issues
- Infidelity and Adultery
- Love and Intimacy
- Marriage and Couples Counseling
- Mixed / Blended Families
- Parenting Issues and Approaches
- Pre-marital Counseling
- Separation
Medical and Health
- Chronic and Terminal Illnesses
- Chronic Pain, Managing and Living With
- Medical Anxiety
- Cancer / HIV Counseling
Spiritual Growth
- Christian Counseling
- Meditation and Spiritual Awareness
- Spirituality
Other Specializations
- Abandonment Issues
- Abortion and Post Abortion Healing
- Aggression / Hostility
- Anger and Anger Management
- Anxiety / Worry
- Boundaries, Establishing and Maintaining
- Caregiver Stress
- Communication Issues and Development
- Control Issues
- Dependency and Co-Dependency
- Forgiveness, Self and Others
- Grief and Loss
- Identity Issues
- Individual Growth
- Men's Issues
- Midlife Transition
- Multicultural Issues and Adjustments
- Obsessions and Obsessive Behavior
- Panic and Panic Attacks
- Personality Growth and Issues
- Phobias and Fears
- PTSD
- Relationships and Dating
- Sexuality
- Self Injury / Cutting
- Self-Esteem
- Stress Management
- Special Needs / Disability
- Transitions Counseling
- Trauma / Crisis Intervention
- Trust / Mistrust Issues
Therapies Used
- Behavioral Therapy
- Christian Therapy
- CBT
- Cognitive Therapy
- CISD
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Family Systems
- Grief Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Interpersonal
- Narrative Therapy
- Rogerian Therapy
- Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)
- Spiritual Therapy
- Systems Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (Ifs)
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (Eft)
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Somatic Experiencing (Se)
Special Populations I Work With
Mike is a trained provider of MENDING THE SOUL curriculum. MTS integrates scientific/social research on ABUSE and TRAUMA with biblical and theological truth.