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Hello, and thank you for checking out my profile page. I applaud you for deciding to enter therapy. It has never been a better time than now. I know that you have a lot of options and choices in selecting a provider, and I am grateful to be one who you are considering to work with. When you make the decision to find someone to talk with, it is so important that you find the right person that feels best for you. I believe in making this process work for you. Should you decide to work with me, I operate from the premise that we are working together, and that you know yourself best and what will work for you. My goal is to provide a supportive and compassionate environment where you can feel safe in addressing items that are personal to you, from the more general ideas to the personal feelings that can make us feel vulnerable. I work with individuals and couples around issues related to relationships, anxiety and depression, as well as self esteem and self worth. Together we will work from a whole person approach to address items and issues related to mind, body, and spirit with a goal to help you feel your best self. In our sessions together, I'll meet you with compassion and evidence-based techniques so you can overcome the faulty belief patterns and habits holding you back.
In our first session together, I will spend a bit of time learning about you and discovering the needs and wants that you have for therapy at this time. By gathering this information in a supportive and safe environment, we can chart out the course for our future time together.
Throughout the course of my career, I have worked with a myriad of populations, working on a wide variety of issues and concerns. I was trained from a trauma informed lens, understanding the degree to which trauma affects all things around us and how we behave. I have also had much satisfaction dealing with artistic and creative type individuals. I am keenly interested in the stages of our life and how they come to play out for us, positively and negatively, at all the various ages. I think humor and relational skills are so important in the therapeutic process and can help us all navigate through our complex worlds.
Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Families, Groups My focus is on working with clients to help them move throw the various kind of tranisitions that we go through in our lifetime. I am very strengths based in my approach to therapy and work with my clients to help them identify and build on their resources and resilliency.
Cash - $120 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
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Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross
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Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
CalViva Health (Medi-Cal)
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Centivo
Central California Alliance for Health (Medi-Cal)
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley (Medi-Cal)
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Gold Coast Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Gold Coast Health Plan Total Care Advantage (HMO D-SNP)
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
Health Net (Medi-Cal)
Health Plan of San Joaquin/Mountain Valley Health Plan – Medi-Cal
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
IHSS Healthy Workers
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
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L.A. Care Covered
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L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Partnership HealthPlan of California (Medi-Cal)
San Francisco Health Plan (Medi-Cal)
Santa Clara Family Health Plan - Medi-Cal
Scripps Health Plan
SFHP Care Plus (HMO D-SNP)
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Sutter Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
I am a very strengths based therapist and will work with my colient on identifying their strengths which can help them through difficult times,
3 ratings with written reviews
April 29, 2026
Incredibly intelligent and connected; his strength based approach to life is empowering and uplifting.
November 7, 2025
I have followed Michael from another therapy platform, he’s that good! He is human, he’s understanding, empowering, remembers previous sessions, and any success in life, he’s always the biggest cheerleader. He’s my therapy angel, I trust Michael with my life guidance. Thank you!❤️
June 4, 2025
Michael seems very knowledable, I enjoyed our talk, he gave me a lot of things to think about. Looking forward to our next session