Psychologist & Motivational Speaker

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:

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
Ed.D
Psychology/Counseling
University of Missouri, Columbia
M. Ed.
Counseling & Guidance
Cardinal Glennon College,  ST. Louis
BA
General Studies

Employment:

Psychologist (current)

Private Practice

Licensed in Missouri and Illinois

Private Practice Psychologist

Mayer, Flanagan, Scott & Associates
Licensed in Missouri and Illinois
Director of Psychological Servies
Charter Hospital of Columbia
Consultant Position
Psychologist – Inpatient/ Outpatient Staff
Mark Twain Mental Health Center

Staff Psychologist

Director of Clinical Servcies
Gasconade County Counseling Center
Indepentent Contractor
Director of Guidance
Quincy Senior High School

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

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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