Profile:
Michael J. Mayer received his doctorate in Counseling/Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. He has worked in school systems, hospitals and in private practice. He has consulted with and trained educators, nurses, lawyers, ministers, business professionals, CEO’s, and others within their respective settings. Dr. Mayer continues his personal growth through attending workshops and seminars every year. Dr. Mayer feels that his most useful knowledge has been acquired from the people he serves.
Education:
Employment:
Psychologist (current)
Private Practice
Private Practice Psychologist
Staff Psychologist
Consultant Experience:
- College counseling staff
- Head start centers
- School systems
- Hospitals (for psychological services)
- Businesses
- MR-DD regional diagnostic centers
- Early identification and intervention groups for childrens’ agencies
- Private practice agencies for training and supervision
Director Experience:
- High School counseling/guidance department
- Child/adolescent outpatient therapy program for nine counties of mental health services
- Groups for clients in partial hospitalization program in mental health center
- Screening of candidates for religious life
- Clinical services of mental health outpatient clinic
- Psychological services at 96 bed psychiatric hospital (consultant)
Presented Topics on:
- Parenting
- Stress management
- Marriage
- Family systems
- Identification of child/adolescent problems
- Dual diagnosis
- Addictions
- Sexual abuse
- Depression
- Alcohol/drug
- Business communication
- Motivation
Specific Training:
- Masters & Johnson (sexual issues)
- Theodore Millon (personality)
- Jay Haley (directive therapy)
- Peggy Papp (families)
- Michael Jenike (Obsessive Compulsive)
- Russel Barkley (ADHD)
- Bill O’Hanlan (solution-oriented therapy)
- Continuing training each year
General Training:
- Sexual abuse
- Grief
- Neuro-linguistic programming
- Chemical dependency
- Hypnosis
- Stress management
- Aggression
- Business concerns
- EMOR
Involved With:
- Multiple managed care companies including HMOs, PPOs and in IPA
- Chamber business exposition
- Community school to work committee
- Setting up criteria for evaluation of a medical director
Organizations:
- American Psychological Association
- Paul Harris Fellow – Rotary International
- Chamber of Commerce – Columbia, MO
- Phi Delta Kappa (Honorary Educational Fraternity)
- American Counseling Association
- Kappa Delta Pi
- Missouri Psychological Association
Books:
- Better Sex Through Deeper Emotional Intimacy 2012
- Choose a Better Road: Tips for Life’s Traffic Jams, Tomahawk Publishers 2014
- Recreation of a Nation Through Real Parenting, R&E Publishers 1992
- If Only I had Married Myself, Pine Mountain Press1984
IGPA Quarterly:
- “Survival or Revival”
Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation:
- “Self-Concept and the Dropout-Prone High School Student”
Ways to Contact Dr. Mike Mayer
Email Dr. Mayer
Email to info@mikemayer.com
Call Dr. Mayer's Office
Call to make an appointment 573-825-8191 or cell 573-489-7485
Dr. Mike Mayer
Dr. Mayer is a Psychologist/Consultant with many years of experience in psychotherapy, consulting and presenting ideas to specific and general audiences. He has worked with children, adolescents, adults, families and workplace settings.
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