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Michael lives in the South Island of New Zealand, but he began his career in England, in 1983. He holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Advanced Social Work (Children and Families) from Goldsmiths College University of London, and in Advocating for Children from Otago University of New Zealand. Michael’s career has included experience as a frontline social worker in a children and families team, working with elderly people, and working in the addiction field. Michael is a counselor for Relationship Services (New Zealand’s premiere counseling agency) providing couples and individual counseling, family therapy, life coaching, anger management, parenting skills, professional supervision, and facilitates education programs. Outside of Relationship Services, Michael has been involved in training social workers and life coaches. He has a very strong commitment to ongoing professional development and is midway through further Post Graduate study. Michael is a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers. Michael’s reputation is largely based on his ability to be genuinely and warmly interested in his clients and their lives while using his technical ability and experience to enable them to find their own answers to the situations they face. Through his own experience of migration, Michael has developed skills in working with people from different cultures and he is experienced in counseling via the internet. Michael has particular interest and skills in working with people who are experiencing relationship and identity issues.