Dr. Mike is a New York Times bestselling author and has written eight books: Diet Rehab, The Brain Fog Fix, Healing the Broken Brain, Heal Your Drained Brain, Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Think, Act and Be Happy, Your Subconscious Brain Can Change Your Life, The Sugar Brain Fix and The Ketamine Breakthrough. His books have been translated into many languages in Europe, Asia and South America, and he has traveled the world to offer workshops based on his books.
Dr. Mike is a highly sought-after therapist and host on American television. He was the host of TLC’s hit show Freaky Eaters on food addiction, TLC’s My 600-lb Life Reunion, Logo’s That Sex Show, Investigation Discovery’s My Strange Criminal Addiction, and Disney+’s Family Reboot. Dr. Mike cohosted E!’s’s Sex with Brody, based on his relationship advice podcast with Brody Jenner, as well as VH1’s Couples Therapy which ran for six seasons. More recently, you’ve seen Dr. Mike as the cohost of Counsel Culture on Prime Video—a show where Nick Cannon, Howie Mandell, Lamar Odom and other men came together to provide a safe space for men to talk about their feelings. Mike is the new host of MTV’s Teen Mom Family Reunion—helping cast members to heal traumas and improve their relationships. Currently, he is the cohost of the Wondery relationship advice podcast Nick Cannon at Night.
In addition to hosting his own shows, he is a frequent guest on Today Show, Live with Kelly and Mark, Tamron Hall, The Talk, Wendy Williams, Mel Robbins Show, Anderson, Nancy Grace, Dr. Drew On Call, and has appeared on over 100 episodes of The Doctors and Dr. Oz. He served as LaToya Jackson’s therapist on OWN’s My Life with LaToya, The Bachelor’s therapist on Freeform’s Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After, the Housewives’ therapist on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County, and is Tyler and Catelynn’s therapist on MTV’s Teen Mom.
Mike attended USC on academic scholarship and graduated as a Presidential Scholar. He earned his M.S. in Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy from California State University, Northridge where he graduated with honors. Mike then went on to earn a Psy.D. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology. He completed advanced training in clinical hypnosis with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, neurofeedback through the BCIA-accredited Stens Academy, Imago couples therapy with Dr. Harville Hendrix, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy at UCLA . His passion for trauma-informed treatment is informed by his training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Attachment-Focused EMDR, Internal Family Systems, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Dr. Phil Wolson at the Ketamine Training Center. Mike completed the Professionals in Residence program at the renowned Betty Ford Center and has postdoctoral training in clinical psychopharmacology from New Mexico State University. In his efforts to provide whole-person-centered care, Mike is also trained as a functional nutritionist and epigenetic counselor.
Today, Mike is in private practice in Los Angeles. He divides his time providing traditional psychotherapy and in-home, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, working as a dyad with his M.D. colleague. Mike is the cofounder of the Non-Ordinary Therapy Company, where he trains their staff therapists in integrative, trauma-informed, and relational models of care. In his spare time, you’ll see him walking around Los Angeles with his husband Dr. Chris Belfour and their adorable rescue pup Emmett.
