Michael Ra Bouchard, M.A., Ph.D.
Doctor of Human Sexuality
Clinical Sexologist & Relationship Therapist
Dr. Michael Ra
Bouchard is Director of the Aloha Sexual Health & Happiness Counseling
Center located in the Hawaiian Islands. He is a board-certified clinical
sexologist, Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology, member of the
American College of Sexology, member of the Society for the Scientific
Study of Sexuality, and member of the American Counseling Association.
For over twenty-five years—while variously based in New Orleans, San
Francisco, Manhattan, and Hawaii—he has helped thousands of individuals
and couples overcome sexual, marital and relationship challenges to
achieve improved sexual fitness and emotional well-being.
In 1994 Dr. Michael returned to his early childhood home of Hawaii and
founded the Aloha Sexual Health & Happiness Counseling Center.
Specializing as a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) clinician,
Dr. Michael utilizes only the most effective and proven approaches in
cognitive behavioral counseling and psychological empowerment. From his
Hawaii-based private practice, his major time is devoted to providing
discreet and confidential treatment to clients locally, nationally, and
internationally via office visits, private home consultations, and
global telephone distance counseling.
Dr. Michael is a seasoned sex therapist and relationship counselor. In
addition to being an acclaimed sex, love, and relationship expert, he is
a board-certified erotologist, sex researcher, graduate school professor
of counseling psychology and human sexuality, author, sexual advice
columnist, and sexual health educator. He is an early pioneer of
telephone counseling and online guidance, since 1981 and 1995,
respectively.
Dr. Michael
is available for worldwide travel to clients seeking intensive in person
treatment within the privacy and comfort of their home. Dr. Michael also
specializes in providing accelerated intensive therapy and discreet
treatment to celebrities and high-profile individuals. Please call for
details.
Holding a Masters Degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from the
University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. from the Institute for
Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, Dr. Bouchard
brings over thirty years of training, experience and heart to his
healing work. In addition, Dr. Bouchard is Faculty with the
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, as well as Graduate
School Professor of Counseling for the University of Phoenix, Hawaii
Campus. Dr. Bouchard is also an Honorably Discharged 1970's era
United States Marine Corps veteran.
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FAQ’s about Sexology
What is a sexologist?
A
sexologist is a sexual scientist with specialized training and advanced
degrees in human sexuality. As sex researchers and educators, Dr.
Michael and other research sexologists are recorders and reporters of
the facts--what people do, think and feel sexually--and not judges of
the behavior they describe. As a trained counselor, Dr. Michael offers
therapeutically healthy and balanced perspective on all matters of
sexuality and intimacy. With his dual specialization of sexology and counseling Dr.
Michael is particularly well-equipped to bridge the realms of sexual and
emotional intimacy.
Dr.
Michael encourages each client to best make his or her own informed
choices according to his or her own personal value system. As a clinical
sexologist, he is specifically trained to assist clients in achieving
optimum levels of sexual health and happiness, along with increased
capacity for intimacy. Dr. Michael helps clients within a professional,
non-judgmental, sensitive, sex and pleasure positive manner so that they
experience more of what they want and less of what they don't in every
realm of life.
Why seek counseling from a sexologist?
Dr. Michael is a practicing clinician, sex
researcher, graduate school professor of human sexuality and counseling
psychology, author and expert in the respective fields of sexology and
relationship counseling. His therapeutic focus is always
results-oriented and applicable to everyday living in the here and now.
Dr. Michael's candid one-of-a-kind thought provoking style teaches and
assists clients to recognize and reframe their thinking errors and
cognitive distortions of perception.
Specializing as an REBT clinician, Dr. Michael
utilizes only the most effective and proven approaches to counseling.
From 1991-95, Dr. Michael perfected his REBT clinical skills in his
Manhattan private practice. During this same period he was also a
student and counseling client of the eminent sexologist, world renowned
psychologist, and acknowledged "father" of Rational Emotive Behavior
Therapy, the late Dr. Albert Ellis. As a care giver today, Dr. Michael
continues to embrace the philosophy of empowering his clients to
consciously live at cause in their life so as to bring about more of
what is wanted and less of what is not.
What is Rational Emotive
Behavior Therapy?
Rational Emotive Behavior
Therapy (REBT) is a theory of personality and system of psychological
training and treatment that emphasizes the role of unrealistic
expectations and irrational beliefs. REBT is based upon the precept that
emotions follow from our thoughts and judgments about people and events,
and not from people or events themselves. REBT seeks to address
disturbances caused by false and distorted beliefs towards overcoming
the predisposition towards faulty thinking. As a skilled and seasoned
REBT counseling expert, you can trust discussing your most private
matters frankly and openly with Dr. Michael.
Dr. Michael respects and works with
each client’s individual
values and does not discriminate against anyone. He is committed
to providing excellence in every client session, whether meeting
face-to-face, via telephone or online.
Know Your Therapist
As a board certified clinical
counseling sexologist in private practice for
over 25 years, Dr. Michael Ra Bouchard has
frequently heard clients speak about difficulties in locating a trained
and talented counselor to help with their sensitive sexual concerns and
private relationship problems. With all the talk and attention given to
sex and relationships today, one might expect that a professionally
qualified "sexdoc” would be about as common as your neighborhood corner
convenience store.
Dr.
Michael is a Doctor of Human Sexuality, holding both a Ph.D. in human
sexuality and a Master of Arts in clinical counseling psychology. He
specializes in all matters of sexuality, intimacy, and relationship
counseling. Surprisingly,
there are at most only a couple of thousand professionally trained and
board-certified sexologists in the entire world, with the vast majority
of them working in a multitude of disciplines outside of the counseling
field. As for the handful of sexologists specializing in sex therapy and
relationship counseling, even fewer in number are the tiny minority of
us possessing both an
advanced counseling psychology degree and an advanced sexological
degree. Apparently, we "full pedigree" counselor-sexologists are spread
rather sparsely around the planet!
Nothing replaces a face-to-face visit with
your doctor. While it would be ideal to meet together in Dr. Michael's
office, for anyone outside of Hawai'i, this could prove expensive and
impractical. If you're local or planning on visiting the Hawaiian
Islands, by all means call to make an office appointment. For everyone
else, be assured Dr. Michael’s nearly three decades of work by telephone
and over 15 years online reflect every bit as much of the same care,
concern, and effectiveness as his face-to-face consultations.
When it comes to such important matters
as your personal sexuality and intimate relationships, it’s essential to
know that you’re working with an accomplished, skilled, and seasoned
clinician you can trust. Whether you seek counseling, therapy, or online
consultations individually or as a couple, Dr. Michael will assist you in
a safe, relaxed, and open environment. You can depend on receiving
competent, confidential care and above all, informed and effective
results-oriented treatment.
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