Michael Gerber, MA, LCPC

Micheal has experience and skill in working with a wide variety of clients, but he most enjoys working with children who struggle with authority figures and themselves. He helps clients learn to know they are loved and heard. Micheal understands clients often feel like they do not have a voice and they rebel because it has been more successful than being respectful to authority figures. The goals for the client would be learning to manage and express their feelings while learning to be respectful to oneself and then respectful to others. The child’s parents would learn and use positive parenting skills to help instill a child’s goals.

Micheal uses both directive play therapy where he guides activities to help play out certain issues and emotions, and non-directive play therapy to allow the client to choose and then play to work with the issues at hand. Micheal also teaches positive parenting skills to the parents that will help their loved one by providing models, structure and rewarding the positives.

Micheal strives to show clients the importance of enjoying life to the fullest. He feels blessed to share in his clients’ journeys and is eager to learn all about you. He truly enjoys hearing his client’s stories and helping them overcome things that seem impossible.