Michael RogersDr. Michael J. Rogers has spent his career answering one question: why do smart, well-intentioned people keep reacting in ways they regret, and what does it take to stop?As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Qualified Supervisor, board-certifie master's-level addictions professional, Nationally Certified Counselor, board-certified sex-offender treatment provider, and educator, licensed in multiple states, he has worked with people at every stage of being stuck. His clinical and forensic work spans the counseling room and the courtroom, with a focus on the everyday struggles that follow people home: conflict, resentment, anxiety, the stories we build on top of our pain as well as addiction and recovery. Again and again, he watched clients discover the same truth. The event was never the whole problem. The suffering they carried was built in the space between what happened and how they responded, and that space belonged to them.His doctoral research put that conviction to the test, developing a cognitive reframing curriculum for incarcerated individuals to see whether people in the hardest circumstances could change their trajectory by changing their interpretations. They could. If change is possible there, it is possible in a tense kitchen, a resentful commute, or a 2 a.m. spiral. Whether working with individuals or couples, young and old, that finding runs through his whole practice.He also teaches graduate students preparing to become counselors, which keeps him honest: nothing exposes a fuzzy idea faster than a room full of sharp students. Read More Read Less