About Michael Koren
About Dr. Michael Koren, PsyD
Hi, I’m Dr. Koren, a clinical psychologist and the founder of Brighter Life Therapy.
Brighter Life started because I wanted therapy here to be personal, thoughtful, and genuinely useful. That meant clinicians who could develop real specialties, and clients who could find someone truly interested in the work they needed to do.
Most of my own clinical work is with adults dealing with trauma and longstanding emotional patterns. I use EMDR within an integrative and existential approach, and I also provide Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for people who haven’t found enough relief through more conventional treatment.
My style is curious, active, and pretty direct. I like connecting the dots, asking questions, and helping people zoom out when they’ve been staring at the same problem from the same angle for too long. I am less interested in giving people answers than in helping them arrive at answers that belong to them.
Tell Us Where You’d Like This to Move
You don’t need the whole thing figured out before you write to us.
Some people know exactly which kind of therapy they want. Others know only that something isn’t working anymore, and that’s enough to start with.
Tell us what’s been going on, what you’ve already tried, and what you’d like to feel different. We’ll think it through with you and point you toward the therapist and the approach that fit.
You’ve done plenty of understanding already, and now it’s worth finding out what gets it moving.