Dr. Michael Pariser is a Mental Health Coach based in Topanga, California, whose work is focused on raising his clients’ level of emotional intelligence, enabling them to live happier, more fulfilled lives. To do so, he stresses emotional self-awareness, empathy, emotional self-management, and the development of effective interpersonal skills. In increasing those areas of competence, he helps clients discover what they want and then utilize an assertive, non-aggressive approach to getting it.From 2000 to 2020, Dr. Pariser was a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Los Angeles, California. In 2003, he earned his Psy.D. in psychology at the California Graduate Institute, where he was later an instructor, and he became licensed as a psychologist in 2004. In 2011, he received his psychoanalytic certification and a Doctorate in Psychoanalysis from The Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, where he became a Training and Supervising Analyst and an ongoing member of the faculty.
In 2020, Dr. Michael Pariser wrote and published "No More Mr. Nice Guy: The Hero’s Journey," which is, in part, a companion book to Dr. Robert Glover’s well-known popular psychology book, "No More Mr. Nice Guy." Dr. Pariser’s book expands on Dr. Glover’s ideas and provides a road map for men to move from passive and resentful Mr. Nice Guys to assertive and confident Integrated Men.
In all his work, Dr. Pariser’s primary focus is on the critical importance of emotions. Utilizing concepts from Contemporary Relational Psychoanalysis, Intersubjectivity Theory, and Emotion-Focused Therapy, he works to help his clients access, experience, and express their feelings. In doing so, they achieve greater self-awareness and self-discipline, along with increased empathy and compassion, all of which are central elements in living richer, fuller lives.
Dr. Pariser is currently working on two online courses: Assertiveness, which is designed to help people increase their confidence and get more of what they want out of life; and Feeling Feelings, a practical guide to emotional self-awareness. In addition, he is writing a new book based on his unique understanding of depression and how to treat it.