Michael supports adolescents and adults who may be experiencing:

• Anxiety and worry
• Depression and low mood
• Men’s mental health concerns
• Major life transitions and unexpected change
• Relationship difficulties
• Feeling disconnected or isolated
• Difficulty expressing or making sense of emotions
• Identity, direction, and purpose
• Self-esteem and self-understanding
• Feeling stuck or uncertain about what’s next
• Personal growth and meaningful change

Michael draws from humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive approaches to understand the whole person rather than reducing someone to a diagnosis or a list of symptoms.

His work balances insight with practical change. Therapy might involve understanding how past experiences continue to influence the present, examining patterns in the way you think or relate to others, identifying strengths you’ve overlooked, or developing new tools for responding to life’s challenges.

Michael doesn’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. Therapy is an ongoing process, and he adapts the work as your needs, understanding, and goals evolve.

Michael doesn’t see the therapist’s role as sitting quietly on the sidelines.

He sees therapy as a relationship and a shared process. He is an active and invested presence in the room—someone willing to listen closely, ask meaningful questions, offer perspective, encourage you, and sometimes sit with you in the discomfort that comes before change.

You remain the person steering your own life. Michael’s role is to travel alongside you, helping you understand where you’ve been, recognize what’s getting in the way, and consider where you might want to go next.

Connection is central to Michael’s work. He understands how easy it can be to believe that we should handle difficult things ourselves, particularly in a culture that often celebrates independence and self-reliance. For boys and men, there can also be powerful messages about staying strong, keeping things in, or solving problems without asking for help.

Michael offers a space where those expectations don’t have to dictate the conversation. Being supported doesn’t make the work less yours. Sometimes it makes the work possible.

Michael provides individual psychotherapy to adolescents ages 12+ and adults.

His down-to-earth, engaged style may be particularly appealing to teens who aren’t sure how they feel about therapy yet, as well as adults looking for a therapist who feels genuine, collaborative, and actively involved in the conversation.

Michael also offers a male perspective that may be especially meaningful for adolescent boys and men who would prefer to work with a male therapist or who want a space to explore emotions, relationships, identity, expectations, or life changes with someone who understands some of the pressures that can accompany those experiences.

His own non-traditional path may also resonate with clients navigating major changes, questioning the direction their life has taken, or discovering that handling everything alone isn’t working anymore.

In-Person Therapy — Barrie, Ontario
Virtual Therapy — Available across Ontario
Availability — Mondays & Fridays

Michael holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP) from Yorkville University as well as an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Humanities.

He is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and is a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).

At Lakeview Psychology, Michael practices under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Guthrie, C.Psych.

His professional life before counselling included work in the trades, an experience that continues to inform his grounded, practical approach and his ability to connect with clients from different backgrounds and walks of life.