Welcome to Shift in Perspective!
These are very difficult, turbulent times. We are a collectively distressed society, and all of us need access to internal and relational resources to support us through our personal and collective challenges: we’re not meant to go through this alone!
We may be meant to partner on your healing journey
If you’re feeling a soul calling to discover greater inner depth, insights and wisdom, and you’re ready to heal generational, family and relational attachment trauma, we may be meant to partner on your journey!
If you’re feeling insecure, anxious, overwhelmed, isolated, struggling with unresolved grief, trauma and addiction, experiencing family or marital conflict, lacking intimate, heart-centered connection, or beset by traumatic distress, we may well be a good fit!
If you want to bring greater awareness, grace, skill and attunement to the realms of love, intimacy, conflict resolution, family and friends relationships and living with passionate purpose.
What I bring to you:
I bring over 40 years of experience to create a healing, holding environment for those i work with. My life-calling, passion, purpose and gifts fit my professional dedication to provide presence, resources, guidance, insight and support to you on your journey. My mission is all about providing guidance to healing trauma, grieving losses, releasing shame, cultivating emotional balance, deepening authenticity and living a more meaningful, soulful life.
I am intuitive, holistic and integrative in my therapeutic approach, applying the method that best serves your needs, values and intentions. Together we collaborate to form a relationship crucible responsive to your aspirations, to help you heal deep trauma (personal, generational, vicarious and collective) in ways that support you to thrive!
I aim to support you in moving through your personal and interpersonal challenges. Cultivating creative, collaborative communications with friends, workmates and loved ones, can bring more mutual support, security, connection and fulfillment to our lives and communities.
My specialties include:
- Grief-work
- Transformational soul work
- Generational trauma
- Ancestral lineage insights and healing
- Somatic Attunement
- Trauma reprocessing
- Recognizing and addressing attachment patterns
- Love, sex, intimacy and relationship guidance
- Premarital & marital therapy
- Pragmatic communications strategies
- Conflict resolution & mediation
- Identity shifting and narrative re-writing
- Releasing shame & forgiveness
- Addiction treatment
- Behavioral & Holistic Lifestyle Change
- Expressive arts
- In-person and virtual access
On this website, you will find tools, practices, videos, resources, links and other information to support your quest, explorations and self-realization.
At your service,
Michael Gelbart, LCSW
One Final Note: Therapy with me can be fun, playful, celebratory and liberating! Laughter, pleasure, self-expression and joy are such important medicines! Its best we get each others humor;)