Author: Michelle Bohls

Living in Playa Grande Costa Rica so she can surf as much as possible, Michelle enjoys training around the world: from Romania to England, from Mexico to Costa Rica, from Austin, Texas to Washington DC; Michelle loves to train therapists and professionals on how to facilitate communication in couples, groups, and their communities. Michelle creates special, safe training spaces for those who have a unique culture or identity or who have faced the pressures and trauma of marginalization, and uses those spaces to mentor others towards leadership in Imago. Along with Linda Lewter, she taught Clinicians of Color since 2021. With Emilio Anguiano she did a Clinical training for those who identify as Sex Positive in 2022 and in 2024 a Workshop for men seeking Healthy Relationships. She has a leadership team with Workshop Presenters from Austin and Alaska she supports in their professional development in Imago. As an internationally recognized speaker and teacher, Michelle developed her own theory on the Psychology of Intuition that includes a 9-trait model for Highly Intuitive People. She frequently writes and lectures about honing our intuition with others as well as the psychology money. Michelle was a Certifeid Group Pracitioner and Fellow in the American Group Psychotherapy Association running groups for 15 years with extensive training in Group Psychotherapy and specifically in Modern Analytics at The Center for Group Studies. Michelle has also trained in Voice Dialogue, EMDR (certified 2009-2024), and Sensory Motor. She is a PhD candidate at Daybreak University conducting research on the Relational Paradigm. Early in her professional life, Michelle managed a front office for Marriott Resorts before she left to recruit from the then Big Six accounting and consulting firms, and finally went back to the business world in HR with Dell Computer Corporation. She brings her organizational and busienss acumen, years of group leadership experience, and a license in Family Counseling to the Imago Professional Facilitator Program for professionals wanting to apply Imago to their work lives in schools, churches, and businesses!