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“It is through the longing to discover and create meaning in our lives that we are willing to risk change. We don’t need to initially know how to change; just recognizing that we want to live a more empowered life is enough to begin the internal change process. Creating a trusting relationship with a skilled professional creates the vehicle for developing greater self-awareness and personal empowerment. It is through healing the wounds from our past that keep us stuck in unconscious cycles, that we are able to create a more joy-filled and authentic life.”
- Dr. Jeanne Michele

Individuals - We work with individual clients to assist them identify and live a life which is in alignment with their purpose and values. Each of us has an innate drive to create meaning and grow beyond past limitations. These limitations are based upon negative programming we receive and begin to embrace as the truth. Our beliefs shape how we see ourselves and how we move in the world. Limited beliefs thwart creative expression and restrict the experience of life itself. We assist individuals walk powerfully in the world and attract and maintain thriving relationships.

Healthy Babies / Healthy Families - We work with families experiencing a wide array of challenges after the birth of a child. We assist with the development of strong and nurturing bonds with baby and rekindle the relational partnership within the couple. Creating a thriving family is one of the biggest challenges and rewards in life. Reaching out for assistance during a child’s formative years is a way to strengthen and create a family structure which adapts to the needs of each individual and the family as a whole.

Couples –“Allowing ourselves to be intimately known takes great courage, commitment and trust. When we reveal ourselves intimately to another we open the floodgates of our vulnerability, needs, desires, passion, wants and hope for the future. Intimate partnering creates some of the greatest joys, challenges and most powerful learning experiences of our lives.” - Dr. Jeanne Michele

Empowering Intimate Partnering expands our ability to move creatively and powerfully in the world. We work with couples seeking to create authentic and empowering partnerships. We assist in the cultivation of greater awareness of the underlying needs, desires, wants and dreams of each individual and the couple as a whole. Similarities and differences in communication styles are explored. We assist partners create the type of relationship that will best support and carry them into the future. When couples decide they need time apart we help them work through the process of creating separate lives in a manner which best supports each person.

Organizations - Within a business climate we examine the organization's mission, human resources and desire for growth. We assist businesses strengthen alliances with their people. We help create alignment between organizational and employee needs and assist our clients cultivate their greatest asset – their people.

When an organizational community is able to tap into its members' desires for personal fulfillment it creates greater synergy between members. This in turn results in a more enlivened community and greater alignment with the organization's vision and purpose. Talented individuals are attracted to environments which encourage personal growth and help maximize their potential.

Dr. Jeanne Michele is a Psychotherapist and Life Coach who specializes in working with adults, couples and new families. She helps individuals, couples and organizations attract and maintain supportive and thriving relational connections. Jeanne is an insight oriented psychotherapist who assists each client to cultivate his or her own wisdom and live life in accordance with their deeply held values and spiritual beliefs. She is a catalyst for growth, healing, and the cultivation of creative expression. Dr. Michele functions as a life and business coach as well as a psychotherapist. This means that she helps her clients create goals which move them forward, and has the psychological expertise to assist them identify and work through personal obstacles which may be interfering with the creation of thriving personal and business success.

Dr. Michele is a Psychotherapist (Psych. Assistant #PSB31317) who maintains a private practice in Newport Beach, California. She works under the supervision of Dr. Debbi Z. Elliott (PSY #14317) and performs all psychological services in adherence with APA guidelines.