Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D.

  • Clinical Psychologist
  • Award Winning Author
  • International Speaker and Trainer

  • Creator of the digital therapeutic, claria™ 

2026 Comprehensive ONLINE Training in Clinical Hypnosis & Strategic Psychotherapy

Focusing on Individual Strengths

As a clinical psychologist, my focus has always been on people as individuals, not their diagnostic labels.

I have focused on accessing and developing people’s strengths and resources.

I believe most people are doing the best they know how, but it’s what they don’t know, or what they know that isn’t so, that causes them distress.

Contrary to most therapy approaches that look for explanations for why someone is the way they are, my work focuses instead on how people can learn to do things more effectively.

These are the ideas that you’ll see in all aspects of my work from my writings, to my trainings and presentations to sessions in the Mindset Health claria™ digital therapeutic app.

 

My Areas of Focus

Digital Mental Health Program

Claria™ is a unique digital self-help program for giving people the skills they need for managing life’s challenges.

Using hypnosis and other empirically supported approaches, I’ve developed claria™ with the experts at Mindset Health to bring you this program.

 

Diane and Michael
We’re a Team!

Michael will tell you he couldn’t do it without Diane…

Diane will tell you that Michael’s work stands on its own…

But in reality, we’re a team!

We believe we do better together. We’ve enhanced each other personally and professionally for half a century. We work together to bring a unique training experience to the comprehensive 100-Hour Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy Training we offer.