Michael Cicalese, MS, RMHCI, NCC

My clients describe me as:

Warm, intelligent, compassionate, enthusiastic, attuned, grounded, “zen.”

Something to know about my approach is:

I aim to bring together mind and body to promote therapeutic change. In our work, we will learn how your thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations relate to one another and use this information as a guide for transforming your pain into purpose.

Together, we will:

Together, we will create a safe and validating space in which you can explore your full humanity in all its beauty and fragility and discover how to meet life's many challenges with a renewed and enduring sense of wonder and wellbeing.

I specialize in working with people who:

I specialize in working with people who are willing to look into and be curious about their emotional and physical pain and who hope to discover, through therapy, the deep wisdom and healing power that can be hidden within it.

I became a therapist because:

I became a therapist because I felt a calling to use my passion for philosophy, science, the arts, and the humanities to help and empower others.

Something that stands out about where I offer therapy is:

My place of work, the Psychological Wellness Center, offers a quiet, relaxed environment in which we can have enriching and healing conversations.

More about me and my practice:

Fun fact! My interest in psychotherapy began when I was an undergraduate in Philosophy. Reading the Stoics, Epicureans, and, later, the Existentialists, I found myself awestruck by philosophy's therapeutic power. I even wrote a thesis about it!