Omega faculty Barry Michels

Barry Michels

Barry Michels, LCSW, JD, has been in private practice as a psychotherapist since 1986. He holds a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, and an MSW from the University of Southern California. Michels is also a contributor to Psychology Today and Goop.com.

He is coauthor, with Phil Stutz, of The Tools, which offers "five tools to help you find courage, creativity, and willpower—and inspire you to live life in forward motion."

These five tools comprise a results-oriented practice that aims to deliver readers/participants relief from persistent problems and restore control in their lives.

Barry Michels is coauthor of The Tools, a New York Times bestseller, and its sequel, Coming Alive. The resident therapist for goop.com, he has appeared on Nightline, Charlie Rose, and The Dr. Oz Show, has given a Google Talk, and has been featured in The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Psychology Today, and Vanity Fair

Barry holds a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, and a masters in social work from the University of Southern California. He has been in private practice as a psychotherapist since 1986.