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 MICHAEL
R. SMITH, Ph.D., N.C.C.
For
over two decades, noted self-help author Dr. Michael R.
Smith has helped hundreds of thousands of people all over the world
connect to their highest selves as a coach, licensed counselor, healing
practitioner, and spiritual
medium. Dr. Smith is one of only a handful of authors and
coaches who specialize in the unique niche of helping empaths and highly
sensitive people recognize their empathic nature as a gift. He is
one of the most successful independently published authors in the United
States, and over 650,000 people have downloaded the free materials at
his website, EmpathConnection.com.
Dr. Smith's
first book, The
Complete Empath Toolkit, was released through his website in 2009,
Navigating
2012: Thriving in Earth's New Age was released in 2010, and Awakening
the Genesis Within was released in 2011. His free monthly newsletter reaches tens of thousands
of readers, and his work is endorsed by New York Times bestselling
psychic Sonia Choquette. He is also featured in the documentary
film "Sacred Space: Searching for the Source." Michael has interests and experience in shamanism, mind-body energy
medicine, and uses methods of indigenous healing in his phone coaching
practice. He lives in Evergreen, CO where he finds his regular Yoga practice to be the most delightfully grounding
aspect of his
day. In addition to his successful "Empath Academy"
training telecourses, he offers a limited number of in-person events and
workshops throughout the year, in addition to his online teleclasses and spiritual-oriented
teleseminars.
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CREDENTIALS AT-A-GLANCE
- Assistant Professor of Counseling, University of Wyoming, College of
Education, 2002-2005.
- National Certified Counselor (Nat'l
Board of Certified Counselors)
- Past Licensed Professional Counselor, Wyoming, 2002-2005
- Past Board Member, Association for Spiritual, Religious & Ethical
Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
- Former Registered Polarity Practitioner with American Polarity Therapy
Association.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
AND WORKSHOPS
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
"Sacred Energy in Motion"; Kamview Center, Thunder Bay, Canada
Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Fe, NM
American Counseling
Association National Convention, Washington, D.C.
Peak Wellness Center, Wyoming
University of Texas, San Antonio
Midwestern Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL
Washoe County School District, NV
Matthew Shepard International Symposium on Social Justice,
Laramie, WY
Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH
SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH
Journal of Counseling &
Development
Journal of Social Psychology
Counselor Education & Supervision Journal
Dissertation: Counselor spirituality as a predictor of
effectiveness in mainstream counselors.
EDUCATION
R.P.P.
Polarity Therapy 700-hr program, 2005 - New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts
Ph.D., 2002, Counseling, School of Education, The University
of
Nevada-Reno
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Master of Arts, Educational Psychology & Counseling,
University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1996
B.A, Sociology, Saint John's University, Minnesota, 1994
SELECTED
MEDIA
Soul-Felt Spirituality
&Wellness Series, 2012
Debra Poneman's New Transformation Strategies Teleseminar Expert, 2012
"Awakening with the Masters" Featured Expert, 2011
Life Uplifted Inner Healing Compass Teleseminars, 2011
Global Teleclass Featured Expert, 2011
Breaking Through with Georgiann,
2010
The Big Show with Honey Harris,
98.1 Radio Free Santa Fe, May, 2010
Sedona Talk Radio, August 2009
Blog Talk Radio, August 2009
LA Talk Radio, Spiritually Speaking Live, Aug. 2009
Para-x.com Radio (CBS Radio); June & July 2009
Oracle 20-20 Magazine, Atlanta,
GA, Feb. 2009
Spirit Connections Magazine, Northern California, Feb. 2009
BBS Radio: A Fireside Chat with Zany Mystic, Nov. 2008
Talkshoe Radio: The Indigo Room Talk Show with Sydney Chase, 2007
Feature article, The Alibi Newspaper, Albuquerque, NM, 2007
SELECTED SERVICE
Board of
Directors, Akasha Metaphysical Film Festival, 2008 - present
Board of Directors, International Piano Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 2006 -
present
EXPANDED BIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL
R. SMITH
Dr. Michael R. Smith has been a leader in the field of mind-body
holistic healing for nearly 15 years. He is a past assistant
editor of Counselor Education & Supervision, one of the leading
journals of the 50,000+ member American Counseling Association.
He is the author of 9 research publications appearing in various
scientific journals, including his doctoral dissertation on
Spirituality in Counseling. He has presented workshops in 20+ cities
nationally.
In 2002, Michael received his Ph.D. in counseling from the University
of Nevada-Reno, where he initiated a needs-based grant program that
has given out nearly $1 million dollars in health care benefits to
graduate students. The same year, Michael became Assistant Professor
at the University of Wyoming, where he was a co-director of the
masters degree counseling program. In 2003, Michael started an
apprenticeship with several Native American shamans and healers. In a
first-of-its-kind partnership, he secured $25,000 in grant funding to
teach Native American healing methods to mainstream graduate
counseling students. It changed the lives of countless students and
community members. "Michael is a leader to me and many
others," says Johnna Nunez, Ph.D., one of the students that
Michael mentored. "I will always have a special place in my heart
for him."
In 2005, Michael made a decision to move out of the academic
mainstream and relocated to Santa Fe, New Mexico. There he received a
certification in Polarity therapy from the New Mexico Academy of
Healing Arts and became a Registered Polarity Practitioner. He opened
his own intuitive counseling and energy healing practice.
In March, 2008, Michael launched EmpathConnection.com, an online
resource center for empaths and highly sensitive people, and he
published his first book, The Complete Empath Toolkit, which
has reached #1 on BookBuzzr. In 2009,
Michael taught an empath workshop at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck,
NY, co-facilitated a sacred journey to explore Mayan ruins in Mexico,
and released two well-received CD audiobooks through Amazon.com: The
Empath Experience, and Empath
Intuition.
Michael's second book, Navigating 2012: Thriving in Earth's New Age
debuted through Amazon in 2010. Also in 2010, he created and
funded an empath/highly sensitive
person scholarship program that has awarded four
scholarships for empaths to pursue the careers of their Hearts.
In 2011, Michael co-authored his third book "Awakening
the Genesis Within" with noted psychic healer LD
Porter.
Michael is currently on the board of
directors of the Akasha
Metaphysical Film Festival as well as the
International Piano Institute of Santa Fe, Inc. In his spare time, he
enjoys golf, his two cats, drumming, and a wonderfully joyful Nia and
Yoga practice. He lives in Evergreen, CO.
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