Greetings Friends! I am a CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have been happily supporting folks in need for over 30 years. My approach is offering Compassionate Communication and deep listening with mindfulness, and honoring our spiritual connection. Clients become self-empowered based on our shared common ground of equality, inclusiveness, mutual respect, and authenticity. I also combine transformational coaching with my counseling support which encourages a profound shift in being for my clients from being stuck in the old painful mental conditioning to discovering and expressing their True Self.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

Our first session is a key opportunity to get to know and begin to trust one another. After introducing each other and enjoying the safety of a judgment free zone, the client is invited to share what brings them into counseling as we develop goals and action steps toward fulfilment and self-realization.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My greatest strength is my own personal successful recovery from a traumatic childhood of emotional, physical, religious abuse, mental and sexual abuse. I have also recovered from alcoholism, drug misuse, attention deficit disorder and depression. My passion is to be the joy, the peace and the compassion that I want to see and be in the world. In the Spirit of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., I seek to build the beloved community one step at a time through mutual respect, equality, loving friendliness, and committed service to others. I have strongly diversified skills, experience, and training in Compassionate Communication, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Recovery, and treatment of substance misuse. My clients thrive with the joy, enthusiasm, and unconditional acceptance I bring to our journey together.

About Michael John Murphy