J.D. - New York Law School
M.S.W. New York University
Internship - Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health. N.Y.
Internship - Family Center, Boston
Co-Founder - Center For Family Connections, NY
My
name is Michael Colberg. This site serves as a resource for people who
want to make the quality of their relationships a priority in their lives.
My intention is to help people grow both as individuals and in their relationships. I work in New York City and in Millerton, N.Y. I work as an educator, as a counselor, and as a psychotherapist. I am trained as an attorney and as a certified social worker. I have spent many years working with people whose lives are touched by adoption. During this time I have learned a lot about relationships and have developed a way of working with people that supports their becoming more related - both to themselves and to the people in their lives.
We are a highly mobile society and move quickly from place to place, from situation to situation and from idea to idea. Because most of us are extremely busy, we are forced to make decisions about who will be in our lives and how they will be in our lives. This process extends to all of the people in our lives- our spouses, our children, our friends and our extended family members. Many of us are not really even connected to ourselves. We chase after the things that we have been told we want without ever paying attention to whether these are the things that bring us feelings of accomplishment, of peace and of happiness. Unless we pay attention to the quality of our relationships and invest in them, they often fail to flourish.
In this context it takes effort and intentionality to stay "in relationship." We need to choose to be related to ourselves and to the people in our lives. I believe that we are moving into a time when the emphasis will slowly begin to shift away from individual accomplishment and toward a desire for relatedness and collaboration. It makes common sense if we work together, we can accomplish more.
My intention is to help people grow both as individuals and in their relationships. I work in New York City and in Millerton, N.Y. I work as an educator, as a counselor, and as a psychotherapist. I am trained as an attorney and as a certified social worker. I have spent many years working with people whose lives are touched by adoption. During this time I have learned a lot about relationships and have developed a way of working with people that supports their becoming more related - both to themselves and to the people in their lives.
We are a highly mobile society and move quickly from place to place, from situation to situation and from idea to idea. Because most of us are extremely busy, we are forced to make decisions about who will be in our lives and how they will be in our lives. This process extends to all of the people in our lives- our spouses, our children, our friends and our extended family members. Many of us are not really even connected to ourselves. We chase after the things that we have been told we want without ever paying attention to whether these are the things that bring us feelings of accomplishment, of peace and of happiness. Unless we pay attention to the quality of our relationships and invest in them, they often fail to flourish.
In this context it takes effort and intentionality to stay "in relationship." We need to choose to be related to ourselves and to the people in our lives. I believe that we are moving into a time when the emphasis will slowly begin to shift away from individual accomplishment and toward a desire for relatedness and collaboration. It makes common sense if we work together, we can accomplish more.