About

Mike is a licensed behavioral health therapist, published author and life coach who blends his thirty years of experience in mental health crisis intervention with his martial arts background.

Mike’s background includes working on a national crisis team for a Fortune 100 company, working as a managing partner for North Carolina’s largest outpatient group and working as a social worker at an alternative high school.

Mike  launched his company “Meaningful Transformation” at www.meaningfultransformation.com/mike, specializing in life management through coaching, counseling, consulting, workshops and webinars for personal and professional growth. Mike currently resides in Cary North Carolina, where he runs his clinical practice.

J. Michael Goulding LCSW, PLLC
Mike has facilitated groups and led workshops for over thirty years in a variety of settings that range from Fortune 500 Companies, community organizations to professional groups.

Mike’s topics include conflict resolution, stress management, trauma debriefing and peak communication. Mike incorporates the Aikido concepts (The Japanese Art of Peace) into practical steps for maintaining peaceful verbal interactions with people while also meeting your needs. Like Aikido, you do not have to harm your opponent to protect yourself. Learn verbal ways to maintain your position without having to compromise interpersonal relationships.

Goulding outlines these steps in an easy-to-use technique that everyone can quickly apply to their lives to get the desired results with the people they see daily.

Mike has earned a sixty-hour master’s degree where he learned individual and group counseling to enhance mental health performance. Mike’s bachelor’s degree in communications dovetails well with his background in counseling.

Mike maintains an average of 20 hours of Certified Education Units per year.