Michelle Kegley, MS, LMHC, LPC

 PSYCHOTHERAPIST SERVING BOCA RATON-DELRAY BEACH, FL AND ATLANTA, GA

Since my earliest memories I have intuitively connected with others on an extra sensory level. I seem to have been born with an innate ability to sense the feelings of others hidden from their own awareness. I’m able to tap into the underlying activation of behaviors at the root cause level and see the route to create meaningful change. These abilities have received much tuning since my early years. Tuning resulting from my own self healing journey which laid the foundation to learning what works and what doesn’t work to create lasting change.

My personal recovery from my own wounds, patterns and addictions began 17 years ago. Entering Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 1998 I eventually helped other alcoholics stay sober. Upon further recovery I began helping non-alcoholics outside of AA through founding Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACoA) of Metro Atlanta.

Throughout the years of helping others I recognized two common threads: 1) sober alcoholic or non-alcoholic, all our adult patterns and triggers ‘origin’ated from our family of ‘origin’ – our emotions, thoughts, behaviors and relationships were a direct reflection of childhood relationships and early learning transferred through the family system and 2) after all the talking we did about it many of us did not experience deep lasting change – our patterns and triggers still remained.

I wanted to know why real change wasn’t happening and how to create such needed change. Thereafter in mid-life it was revealed to me it was time to begin helping others as a career. While acquiring my Master’s education, all my research evidenced that just talking about it doesn’t get to the root cause level. However accessing our right brain and bodies within a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship does! As a result I acquired specialize clinical training in Experiential Psychotherapies based on emotional memory, neurobiology of relationship attachment, psychosomatic (mind/body) healing and brain neuroscience to help clients experience deep lasting change at the root cause level.

CREDENTIALS
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Florida
Licensed Professional Counselor, Georgia
Certified EMDR Therapist
Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
Advanced Level IV Brainspotting Therapist

EDUCATION
Master of Science, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA 2012
Bachelor of Science, Social Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 1990

SELECT SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Brainspotting Phase IV, David Grand, Ph.D., Atlanta, GA, 12/2019
EMDR Level II, Deborah Kinnard, LLP, Personal Transformation Institute, Greenville, SC 05/2018
EMDR Level III, Deborah Kinnard, LLP, Personal Transformation Institute, Greenville, SC 04/2018
Translating Trauma Reactions into Recovery Strategies, Daniel Glaser, LCSW Atlanta, GA 09/2017
New Frontiers in Trauma Treatment, Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD, Atlanta, GA 09/2017
Brainspotting Phase III, Pie Frey, Psy.D., Atlanta, GA, 10/2015
Brainspotting Phase II, Pie Frey, Psy.D., Atlanta, GA, 11/2014
Brainspotting Phase I, Pie Frey, Psy.D., Atlanta, GA, 04/2014
A New Brain: Experiential Learning to Higher Brain Living, Wanda MCCallum, LPC 10/2013
Advanced Hypnotherapy, Rebecca Beaton Ph.D., Atlanta, GA, 05/2013
Integrating Holistic Approaches in Treatment, Jennie C. Trotter, M.Ed., Atlanta, GA, 05/2013
Relationship Attachment Styles and Family Systems, Linda Weiskoff LCSW, Atlanta, GA, 06/2012
Clinical Hypnotherapy III, Kathleen McKinney Clark, LPC, Atlanta, GA, 12/2011
Clinical Hypnotherapy II, Kathleen McKinney Clark, LPC, Atlanta, GA, 11/2011
Clinical Hypnotherapy I, Kathleen McKinney Clark, LPC, Altanta, GA 10/2011
Comprehensive Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, Rebecca Beaton PhD, Atlanta, GA, 10/2010
Self-Inflicted Violence, Jim Jenkins PhD, Atlanta, GA, 04/2010