Prof. Michael Feldler

Prof. Michael Feldler is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New York with 38 years of clinical experience. He is trained to work with individuals, families and groups and focuses on trauma and addiction specialties while serving children, adults, and families across a variety of settings.

For the past fourteen years he has also worked as an instructor and supervisor in a college-based mental health training clinic, teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students. His clinical approach draws on psychodynamic, client-centered, rational-emotive behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, inter-relational methods, motivational techniques, and family modalities.

Prof. Feldler emphasizes careful listening, understanding motivation as a force for healing, and providing a secure space for expressing both thoughts and feelings. He is a trained group therapist and has experience leading groups and clinical work with people affected by trauma, by addictive issues, and with individuals who have been identified as sex offenders.

He often finds that presenting concerns are only the visible part of deeper patterns, and he works collaboratively to address both immediate difficulties and underlying factors that support long-term wellbeing. His practice is guided by the belief that life’s aim includes feeling more whole, reducing loneliness and isolation, and minimizing forces that keep people from becoming the persons they want to be.

Prof. Feldler welcomes inquiries and looks forward to establishing a positive, professional relationship to address the issues that bring someone to therapy.