Michael Beavers

Michael specializes in serving adults and adolescents going through significant life change and/or recovering from trauma. His work focuses on client strengths (a la the Gallup Organization) and supporting clients in the creation of achievable and motivating goals. He also coaches executives, clinical, and other leaders in creating or fine tuning their life mission and their unique leadership or service contribution, committed to the belief that service and the mental health of the ‘server’ are deeply intertwined. MICHAEL'S BACKGROUND Michael Beavers is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He is also a leadership and life coach, supporting clients' (typically therapists, business or community leaders, or other professionals) who are looking to maximize their potential through the development and execution of cutting-edge strategies. His experience includes founding and leading Mountain Counseling & Training, Inc., a not-for-profit community organization focusing on providing Wraparound-style children's services to severely challenged youth and their families. He is a graduate of California Baptist University, has received post-graduate training in leadership development and coaching at the San Bernardino County Management Leadership Academy (at which he also served as a training consultant) and the Executive Coaching College. Michael has over two decades of experience as a marriage and family therapist, specializing in family therapy, Wraparound, and individual clinical work. He has also been active in community service, serving Rotary and faith-based groups in such areas as Abolition. He is currently working on developing a non-profit organization focused on building Christian Community in small groups and addressing justice issues (especially racial justice and human trafficking). CLINICAL AREAS OF INTEREST Among his clinical areas of expertise are Anger Management Anxiety Career Stress and Changes Children Clinical Depression Communication Skills Couples/Relationships/Families Employment Issues Life Transitions Pre-Marriage Counseling Christian Counseling Self Esteem/Personal Growth Stress Clinical Supervision/Coaching (Therapists and Therapist Supervisors) Michael's areas of specialization in leadership development and life coaching include: Strengths-based leadership Teambuilding Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator in team building and Professional development Servant leadership Innovative mission-focused growth EDUCATION Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology, California Baptist University, Riverside, California Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts, San Francisco State University Post-graduate coursework in theology - Fuller Theological Seminary - International School of Theology (Campus Crusade for Christ) FOR THOSE WITH A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW Member, Order of the Mustard Seed (OrderoftheMustard.com) Student at Dallas Willard School of Theology (https://dwillard.org/the-school-of-kingdom-living) Missional Coordinator, Calvary Chapel Twin Peaks PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Note: Michael Beavers, LMFT is practicing under the auspices of Strengths-based Family Therapy, PC, a California Corporation. He provides services through various mental health platforms and directly to clients.