Michael B. Leach, PhD. is Founder and Past President of the Center for Effective Living, Inc., a multidisciplinary practice in Northeast Ohio comprised of psychologists, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, clinical social workers and licensed professional counselors. He is a graduate of Brown University and received advanced degrees at Case Western Reserve University. He was a National Institutes of Mental Health Fellow at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Michael is a qualified divorce mediator and has served as a Parent Coordinator in the state of Ohio. He has conducted over 1000 child custody evaluations for domestic relations courts throughout Ohio. He spends a good deal of his time counseling couples and offering intensive short- term counseling for individuals and families coping with divorce.