Michelle Bongiorno

Michelle Bongiorno since childhood has been enamored by the process of change, never dreaming this would be come her life’s work! Her academic focus was in applied behavioral science, cross-cultural training and program development, and applied anthropology. She’s trained in prenatal and birth psychology, energy psychology, somatic psychology and has advanced training in the most current methods of somatically-based trauma resolution. Michelle integrates all of these in her private work with clients as well as her teaching, creatively weaving her skills and depth of understanding to facilitate the outcomes her clients seek. Since 1995 Michelle has taught on five continents, and served on numerous international trauma resolution teams, bringing state-of-the-art treatment and training to severely traumatized populations abroad as well as in the US. These populations include Southeast Asian refugees in Thailand, tsunami survivors in South India, children and adults traumatized during the 30-year civil war in Sri Lanka, Zulu women who were victims of violence in South Africa, and at-risk families living in poverty in the South Bronx borough of New York City. Michelle is deeply committed to the belief—born of her own direct experience with hundreds of private clients—that positive change is possible, and that ever greater embodiment is a key component. Gently, yet powerfully, Michelle offers hope to people around the world who yearn to move through long-held limitations into more empowered lives. She presently supports high-powered visionary leaders to dismantle tenacious internal barriers to their greater success so they can make their full contribution to the world they’re here to make.