Michael is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, as well as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Over his long career working with children, adolescents, and adults, Michael is focused on building self-esteem and creating a sense of empowerment in each person with whom he works.

Michael has many years of experience in the mental health and social services field, including foster parenting, long-term residential care (child/adolescent), care/case management, emergency shelter care (child/adolescent), employee assistance services, and private practice. In doing individual, group, and family therapy, Michael has over 35 years of direct counseling experience relating to individual group and family therapy. He has additionally worked at length with chemical dependency/substance abuse issues and was, for a time, a licensed chemical dependency counselor (LCDC) in the state of Texas.

Michael and his wife have two children and three beautiful granddaughters. He is a member of a local Church of Christ. He has been involved in some brief mission opportunities in the past, including trips to Hungary, Germany, Austria, and Croatia. He has also gone on several trips into Mexico with youth groups for Vacation Bible School and assisted people in the area with home repair. He has experience with children’s worship programs to specifically include puppeteer work. Outside of counseling, Michael enjoys spending time with his family, listening to music, traveling, studying languages, and farm work.