Testimonials
Over the years, I've had the privilege of supporting hundreds of amazing people, and contributing to their therapeutic journeys. It's been truly inspiring to witness the transformative power of self-discovery and growth in their lives. Below, you can read about some of their experiences.
One-on-one Clients
"I worked with Michael during an especially difficult period in my life when I was struggling with debilitating feelings of anxiety, depression and intrusive thoughts. These negative emotions were controlling my life and I was turning to the same negative means of escaping these feelings as most likely caused them in the first place.
I must admit to the process being a difficult one: looking at the areas of your life where you know you have lost direction can be challenging, but at the same time I found it hugely liberating.
Where I was expecting a psychoanalytical delve into the ‘why’ – the causal effects of my ‘condition’ – instead Michael challenged me to ask myself ‘what’: “what am I feeling?” as opposed to “why am I feeling like this?”. It sounds simple but for me it was a total revelation. By holding up a mirror and essentially guiding a conversation with myself, he helped me find my own solutions: I felt more like a human and less like a patient asking a doctor for a remedy to my aches and pains.
Michael will work with an individual on equal terms, without judgment. You need to be open and prepared to share: the more you give, the greater rewards you will reap. For me, tapping into repressed channels of expression through poetry was just one of the ways we learned to explore a side of me that had shut down a long time ago. There are many different facets to my personality that I had wanted to explore but never knew how – or, quite simply, didn’t have the courage to explore – which I am now seeing come to fruition as a result of working with Michael.
It’s easy to talk, to make noise, but these days not many people listen.
Michael is, perhaps, the greatest listener I’ve ever met."
– Adam Bray, Director at Savills.
"I am beginning to realise how much our sessions mean to me and how I appreciate your compassion, guidance and wisdom - THANK YOU!"
– Craig Rowe, Television Presenter.
"I learned more about myself within a couple of sessions of working with Michael than I did in 15-years of therapy and I've worked with some of the top psychologists and psychiatrists in my country." Hayden Barker, Broker.
“You are a master of your craft.”
– James Loudon, award winning documentary maker.
Workshop Clients
"You'd normally have to win the world cup to get a feeling of connection and camaraderie like this, absolutely amazing!"
– Paul Broxis.
"The best group experience I've ever had. I've never felt so free."
– Michael Leak.
"A tonic for mind and body"
– Jeremy Hazell.
"Micahel's workshop allowed me the space and safety to explore what it physically feels like to be my authentic self, perhaps for the first time in my life. I have come to realize what being good enough means for me and I now have some great, simple and best of all FUN tools to change my life by changing my body any time I want. I wish this experience for every man."
– Martin Hahnhel
"A truly unique 'learning through playing' group experience. More fun, laughter, general silliness, and compassion than I could have possibly imagined, while exploring an emotionally charged landscape. I highly recommend this!"
– David Kossew
"I found the workshop to be stimulating, adventurous, informative, and a fun way to stretch into some discomfort in a safe and well facilitated space. Well done for keeping the theory simple and easy to understand and apply!"
– Spiro Yaffes.
"Your workshop opened my mind - and more importantly, my body - to a new way of being and finding happiness. It also equipped me with simple tools that provide a palpable antidote to the "I'm not good enough" narrative in my head and the happiness-sucking reality that is part of much of modern life."
– Andrew Fletcher.