Michelle was born and raised in Portland Oregon. She grew up surrounded by musicians, artists, and gardeners with a great expanse of nature to explore. She spent a great deal of time working with horses, building computers, and reading Shakespeare – whom she categorically blames for her inclination to run-on sentences.
Michelle has always believed that everyone has some medicine to offer the world, and after finding a lack of therapists who were similarly spiritual (sans the 'bypassing' part, thank you very much), she seized an opportunity to move towards this deeper work.
While working towards her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Goddard College, she discovered M.E.T.A. and the Hakomi Institute of Oregon. The unique magic of these two communities became the container that allowed her to develop her work; her medicine.
She blends her love of language, nature, and traditional wisdom in every aspect of her work; Experiential Therapy with Soul.
