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 occasionally in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Provincetown, Massachusetts. I work as an educator, a counselor, and as a psychotherapist. I am trained as an attorney and a certified social worker. I have worked with people whose lives have been touched by adoption for many years. During this time I have learned a lot about the nature of relationships and have developed a way of working with individuals and with couples 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 friends, and our extended family members. Many of us are not really even connected to ourselves. We chase after the things we have been told to 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 accomplishments and toward a desire for relatedness and collaboration. It makes common sense--if we work together, we can accomplish more.