Nathan Michael (he/they)

Managing anxiety and stress are vital tasks for anyone hoping to thrive in todays world. Together we can look at the particular way you respond and cope when you feel pressured or unsure. This includes tinkering with and building positive strategies and internal resources that you can draw on to manage life's curve balls.

Managing anxiety, stress and panic are vital tasks for anyone hoping to thrive in todays world. Together we can look at the particular way you respond and cope when you feel pressured, unsure or panicky. This includes honing your strengths, tinkering with and building positive internal resources that you can draw on to manage life's curve balls.

Is it challenging for you to say "No" to your partner, parent, boss or co-workers? Do you find yourself wondering if you are helping too much, or giving too much of yourself, your independence or your personal power away? The art of managing your personal boundaries in a way that supports you and your relationships in a healthy and authentic way is part of the ongoing work of growing into a fuller, more realized version of yourself.

Managing anxiety, stress and panic are vital tasks for anyone hoping to thrive in todays world. Together we can look at the particular way you respond and cope when you feel pressured, unsure or panicky. This includes honing your strengths, tinkering with and building positive internal resources that you can draw on to manage life's curve balls. Teaching your brain, body and emotions to work together in new ways, I can help you get free from negative experiences and patterns and move forward.

A recent transition, relationship or career challenge may be making it clear that some things are not working for you right now.

I support clients who have a wide range of dynamics in their close relationships, either with friends, family, work or romantic partners as well as those who are experiencing a lack of closeness. I believe that the roles and patterns that we play in relationships develop for a good reason, and that having awareness of them can offer us increased freedom, creativity and resilience in how respond in our relationships with others.

My psychodynamic training and experience supports my clients to get to the root of the challenges they face in their close relationships and develop the tools and capacities to free themselves from their past patterns. I have completed an advanced 3 year training program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and I continue to train and consult weekly with two late career psychoanalysts.

I believe in the wisdom of the body, and support my clients to pay close attention to their present moment bodily experience during therapy sessions. We utilize the body as a resource for bearing feelings, understanding dilemmas and finding creative choices to live more fully. I have trained in embodied approaches to trauma both at the California Institute of Integral Studies Somatics Psychology department and through Sensory Motor Psychotherapy where I completed one year of intensive training.