Experience

Following graduation from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst as a psychology major, Mike attended law school at Boston University where he graduated with honors. After law school, Mike worked as an attorney in a large law firm in addition to subsequent positions in litigation management and professional law firm marketing. In 2019, he received his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Wright Institute in Berkeley, California with a GPA of 3.74. Mike is one of the leading psychotherapists for attorneys in the United States and also serves as a Mental Health Hearing Officer for the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. In 2025, Mike founded AttorneyTherapists.com as a preeminent online resource for attorneys seeking mental health assistance. Mike has maintained a regular meditation practice since the early 1990s, and incorporates many foundations of Buddhist psychology in his clinical practice.

Education

Undergraduate:
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, B.A. cum laude, Major: Psychology

Law School:
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, J.D., with honors

Graduate School in Psychology:
The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA, M.A. in Counseling Psychology, GPA: 3.74

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Representative Training and Certifications:

Wesleyan University, Specialization Certificate in Abnormal Psychology

Yale University, Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers

EMDR, Completion of Basic Training With Philip Manfield, Ph.D., Berkeley, CA (50 hours)

Mindfulness in Law Teacher Training, 300-hour Certificate Program through Warrior One, LLC, San Francisco Zen Center, Muir Beach, CA

Pepperdine University, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Malibu, CA, Certificate in Family Law Mediation