Michael Anthony-Nalepa, LMFT

SELF-CARE is about bring forth the things that bring you joy and put you in a state of flow. I love making mixed media art. How about you? What gets your preferred and flowing Zen on...? :)

Even thousands of years ago, the greatest minds knew that it was the future that held our strength, resilience and preferred existence!

I'm honored to sharing that I will be moderating a workshop at the Los Angeles PoMo Gathering therapy conference at USC on April 3rd. I/we will be discussing a unique blend of narrative/modern/psychodynamic theories and how we can eccletically and responsibly utilize them to best serve our Clients. And of course, per usual, I have a few fun surprises planned! :) Details to come; save the date and see you there!

And so it begins! Week one of my teaching The Psychology of Addiction in Antioch University's BA program. Here's to another exciting and dynamic quarter!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: The AnonymoUS Initiative will be hosting an interactive art therapy installation and live stage show at Antioch University In Culver City this Friday night from 6-11pm. If you would like to co-host, assist or even perform in the art therapy show, please message me. It's our third year doing this installation and it's a great experience for all involved, as well as raises money for anti-bullying education!

Earlier this year, I started a unique form of community-building group therapy; and we hope to be implementing similar projects at sites I am now working it. Here's an article on the first project -- and here's to many more! "Alleviating Alienation by Building Brotherhood" by Michael Anthony-Nalepa, HIV Plus magazine: http://www.hivplusmag.com//alleviating-alienation-building

The AnonymoUS Initiative team and I are Speaking today at LA County's suicide prevention summit: The Power of Our Voice. Wish my team and me luck! #anonymoUSinitiative

This week, we launched "Deconstructing Bullying" at Antioch University -- one of the country's first-ever collegiate level BA psychology courses focused solely on bullying in all its forms; the internal, the interpersonal and at the micro, meso and macro levels. It's an honor to have been asked to create and teach such a unique and dynamic course, especially on a topic that I am so passionate about!

The largest LGBTQIA youth conference in the United States

Selections from Michael Anthony's second anthology book; 2-page Forward included.

Inservice: "Bullying & the Written Word"