Michael Rooney

Hi. I am Michael. I am Irish originally and have lived in Melbourne for many years now.

I used to work in the corporate world and decided I wanted to focus my time and energy guiding people through the process of healing from the pain of addiction and trauma.

I am a fully qualified Clinical Psychotherapist, with a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy from The Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP). I am a Registered Clinical Psychotherapist with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA); a PACFA Accredited Supervisor and a Registered Level 4 Counsellor & Supervisor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA). I am currently an advanced level student in Somatic Experiencing professional training.

Treating Mother Enmeshed Men is a very specialised area. I am one of few professionals in Australia who has completed a Training Program for Professionals on “Best Practices in Treating Adults Enmeshed with a Parent”, facilitated by Dr Kenneth Adams in Michigan, USA.

I am also a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist’s (CSAT) and Certified Partner Trauma Therapist’s (CPTT) (accredited by the International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals (IIITAP) from Arizona, USA).

Very often, men with enmeshment issues from early childhood have underlying trauma that has not been processed. Trauma is stored in the body and traditional ‘talk therapy’ cannot access it. I have been trained in and use Somatic Experiencing and Brainspotting to help people process trauma that is stored in the deeper parts of the brain.