Biography

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 Michael is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists. He works in private practice  in Melbourne.  He is a columnist for Girlfriend Magazine and Australian Doctor. For a list of Michael's peer reviewed publications click here. He specialises in the area of parenting adolescents and adolescent mental health. Michael has been the Consultant Psychologist to the Victorian Secondary Schools Principal's Association, Australian Boarding Staff Association, Australian Ballet School, St Catherine's School,  and Melbourne Girls' College. In 2003 he was one of the founding members of the National Coalition Against Bullying and became one of their national spokespersons. He also served on the advisory committee for the Federal Government's Boys' Education Lighthouse School Programme.

Michael was educated in Kenya, England, New Zealand and Australia. In 1985, he founded the world's first national teenage cancer patients support group, CanTeen - The Australian Teenage Cancer Patient's Society. Michael has worked in private practice as a family therapist, child psychologist and clinical psychologist, as an academic, researcher and he spent 4 years working as a political lobbyist. 

He has held a variety of appointments including Executive Director of the New Zealand Drug Foundation and Director of the Centre for Social Health at the University of Melbourn and Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. Michael has been the recipient of a number of awards including the Australian Jaycees Outstanding Young Australian of the Year (1987) and in 1997, he was made a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in recognition of his work in the prevention of youth suicide.

Michael has extensive experience in the media and is currently a regular on  Neil Mitchell's morning program on radio 3AW. In 2002 Michael was asked to be the official psychologist to Girlfriend Magazine, the best selling magazine for young women in Australia. In 2005 he was asked to be a columnist for the new boys magazine Explode. Michael is also regular contributor to a variety of magazines including Australian Doctor and the Herald Sun - Australia's biggest selling newspaper.

 Most importantly, Michael is married and has two children, supports Hawthorn in the AFL and South Sydney in the NRL. In 2000, he was the subject of a This Is Your Life program on Channel 9. He is in constant demand across Australia as a facilitator of hypotheticals, speaker, entertainer and educator.

Michael has prepared workshops and talks for students, parents and teachers but, with much flexibility, can also cover a variety of other issues.

Teachers

  • Mental Health Issues for Staff
  • Boys Issues
  • Bullying
  • Screening for Adolescents at Risk
  • Advanced course on screening the Adolescent at Risk
  • Dealing with Loss and Grief in Adolescents
  • Cybersafety

Parents

  • General Parenting
  • Adolescent Drug Use
  • Cybersafety
  • Fathering
  • Mental Health Issues for Adolescents

Students

  • Coping with the Final Years of School
  • Cybersafety
  • Dealing with Alcohol and other Drugs