About Michael Mervosh 

Michael is a licensed clinical psychologist with MGM Psychological Associates. He has been devoted to full-time private practice, providing intensive individual and group psychotherapy more than 20 years. He originally honed his psychotherapy skills through four years of training at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, with an emphasis on both working with individuals and working with body processes. He has been in ongoing training and supervision ongoingly for many years, through which he has incorporated approaches from Gestalt, Radix, Object-Relations, BioEnergetics, Developmental Character Styles, body-oriented psychotherapies, Jungian archetypes, energy healing and a deep immersion in the mythological teachings of Joseph Campbell.

His founding work is with the Hero’s Journey Foundation, which he has cultivated over the past 16 years. This work is a unique and specialized blend of personal, mythical and spiritual transformation work, making use of inspiring wilderness environments to deepen self awareness and embrace unifying life experiences. Many people have come from various traditions, cultures and countries over the years to experience this deep level of personal, communal and nature-based support. This way of being conscious greatly assists those who seek successful passage through significant life transitions. It is also very useful for those seeking to overcome the personal obstacles and self-imposed limitations that hinder personal development and unifying experiences. He also provides consultation to offer these unique developmental opportunities to organizations and private groups.

He spent four years in training, for five weeks a year, and then an additional thirteen years teaching at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in Miami, FL. He was a senior faculty member there, and completed his teaching in 2010 as the Dean of Advanced Studies in Brennan Integration Work. As the AS Dean, he created, designed, implemented and taught an in-depth training curriculum for body-mind healing and personal development; this curriculum was then brought to Austria and Japan.

In the various process work he teaches, Michael pays particular attention to the human energy system, and its interplay with body-mind organization. Michael has an enduring passion for the co-creation and enlivening of unfolding developmental processes, and its potential to engender or restore vitality and well-being in individuals, groups and organizations.

Michael’s latest professional work is a three-year, 45 day facilitation training he has co-created with Irene Tobler, called PsychoEnergetics. He teaches methods that support transpersonal experience, and the deepening of psychological work, through attention to body and energy processes that are grounded in present moment space and time. This training is held in San Feliu de Guixoles, on the Costa Brava near Barcelona, Spain.

It is currently being offerd to two different training groups of professionals. It is appropriate for those eager to work with enlivening the mind and body through various healing modalities. He and Irene offer a unique blend of clinical psychotherapy technique and theory, developmental character formation, the Hindu chakra system, bioenergetic exercises, archetypal psychology, meditation and creative visualization, yoga, chanting, communal presencing and group work to create a very dynamic and enthusiastic learning environment for their participants. This training is limited to 50 professionals for each training year.