Hey! My name is Michael.
I love working with people that are passionate about personal growth, holistic health, and spiritual development.
My Background
Michael Canton, M.Ed., LPCC, LCMHC
Licensure:
North Carolina: 19873
Ohio: E.1901093
Work:
Years of Experience: 7 years
Owner, Therapist & Coach, Sacred Psychotherapy (2020 - Present)
Previous Related Work:
Mental Health Therapist, PsyCare, Inc.
Emergency Prescreener, Coleman Professional Services
Substance Abuse Therapist, Advanced Counseling Solutions
Education & Training:
Kent State University, M.Ed., Community Counseling
Michael is a chaplain with The Global Center For Christ Consciousness in Sedona, AZ
Michael is in training: Healing Tao USA associate instructor in qigong & internal energy arts
Reiki & other energy healing training
Men’s coach training
Meditation training
EFT/Tapping training
Continuing Education:
Working with the Pain of Abandonment
How to Work with a Client’s Emotional Triggers
New Perspectives on Porn: Its Uses and Misuses
Embodied Masculinity: Integrating our Warrior, Dancer & Poet
Bringing Body into Therapy: Clinical Tools from Relationship Repair & Somatic Experiencing
Soothing the Threatened Brain: Using Attachment Science to Create Bonding, Satisfying Relationships
What I do
I help people live a more mindful, embodied, and spiritual life in support of their mental health.
I love working with individuals, couples, and groups passionate about personal growth, holistic health, and spiritual development.
I guide clients from states of fear and sadness to stillness, acceptance, and aliveness. I also assist clients in identifying and releasing stuck emotions, and encouraging healthy habits.
I’m really excited to share with you what I’ve learned over seven years as a mental health professional and over 25 years as a student of life on my own healing & spiritual journey.
My goal is to inspire you, help you align with who you truly are, and encourage you to fully express in the ways you choose.
If this sounds interesting to you, get in touch with me and let’s discuss how I can be of service.
About Sacred Psychotherapy
I view mental health and wellness as a holistic endeavor — each of us is responsible for our well-being spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Any ailment on one level affects the other levels.
Therefore, I like to address each dimension, especially where pain, confusion, or disharmony is experienced. Only then can acceptance, transformation, empowerment, and decisive action take place.
I provide mental health therapy, emotional healing, and spiritual guidance in each session as needed — for adults and adolescents.
While I diagnose and treat mental health disorders, the true focus of my work is to provide a therapeutic & coaching relationship for clients developing self-love and acceptance, inner harmony, transformation, and new habits.
Each person’s path to emotional healing is distinctive, and I utilize a variety of techniques to help clients process and release deep emotional wounds and self-destructive habits, while increasing their awareness of self, their environment, and relationships to foster a clear and solid sense of identity and course of action.
My education includes a Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from Kent State University; a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies, with a minor in writing from Kent State University; certificates in Reiki I and Reiki II; energy healing training from EvolvingHumans; and special training in EFT, meditation, qigong, native awareness (soft skills), and intuitive arts.
Other continuing education includes self-care for helping professionals, dream work, and men’s work. As a Graduate Assistant Coordinator at Kent State University, I co-taught Wellness for College Life and Beyond to freshman — teaching college students how to develop a holistic lifestyle. I’m also an advocate for the responsible use of herbal remedies, high quality supplements, and essential oils.
My interest in holistic health, wellness, mental health, energy healing, and spirituality has led me to develop the necessary therapeutic frameworks to customize treatment for each client’s healing needs.
