SPEAKING · WORKSHOPS · PRESENTATIONS
Public Speaking with
Mike Sondericker
Mike speaks about mental health, addiction, relationships, behavior change, and the ways we understand ourselves. His presentations focus on making complex ideas accessible, useful, and relevant to everyday life.
Available for organizations, schools and colleges, professional groups, treatment and recovery programs, parent groups, workplaces, and community events.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Topics Mike can speak about.
Talks can be adapted to the audience, setting, and goals of the organization.
Our relationship with ourselves
How self-criticism, shame, avoidance, and internal conflict affect the way we live—and how developing a different relationship with ourselves can create more room for change.
Why we keep doing things we want to stop
An accessible look at compulsive behavior, urges, reinforcement, cravings, and why willpower alone often is not enough to change a pattern.
Behavioral addictions & compulsive behaviors
Understanding patterns involving gambling, pornography, compulsive sexual behavior, internet use, gaming, and other behaviors that can become increasingly difficult to control.
Substance use & addiction
Understanding what can drive alcohol and drug use, how addictive patterns develop, what keeps them going, and the different ways people can move toward change.
Cravings, urges & the pull toward relief
Why cravings can feel so powerful, why trying to fight thoughts and urges is not always the most effective response, and how people can learn to relate to cravings differently.
Technology, internet use & video games
Exploring the line between recreation and compulsive use, why digital experiences can be so reinforcing, and what a healthier relationship with technology can look like.
Shame, secrecy & addiction
How shame and secrecy can become part of an addictive or compulsive cycle—and why reducing shame does not mean minimizing responsibility or consequences.
Relationships & behavior change
How our relationships with ourselves and other people can influence coping strategies, boundaries, addiction, habits, and our ability to make lasting changes.
WHO MIKE SPEAKS TO
Talks tailored to the people in the room.
Mike can adapt presentations to the audience, setting, and goals of the organization. Talks can be introductory and accessible for a general audience or more focused for groups already familiar with mental health, addiction, or behavior change.
- Community organizations
- Schools & colleges
- Parents & caregivers
- Mental health professionals
- Treatment & recovery organizations
- Workplaces & professional groups
ABOUT MIKE
Making complex ideas easier to understand.
Mike Sondericker is a therapist whose clinical work focuses on anxiety, addiction and compulsive behaviors, relationships, and life transitions.
Before entering clinical practice, Mike worked as a school counselor in a Title I school, supporting students from a wide range of cultural, socioeconomic, and family backgrounds.
His speaking style is conversational, practical, and grounded in clinical experience and current approaches to behavior change. The goal is not simply to give people more information, but to help them understand ideas in a way that feels relevant to their own lives, work, families, or communities.
Mike Sondericker · LCMHC-A, LCAS-A
TALKS · WORKSHOPS · CUSTOM PRESENTATIONS
Have a topic in mind?
Presentations can be adapted around the needs of your organization and audience. Mike can speak on one of the topics above or work with you to develop a presentation around addiction, compulsive behavior, relationships, self-understanding, or behavior change.
Presentations can range from accessible educational talks to more interactive discussions and workshops.
- Educational talks
- Workshops
- Professional presentations
- Community presentations
- Virtual presentations
- Customized topics for your organization
SPEAKING INQUIRIES
Interested in having Mike speak?
Tell us a little about your organization, audience, event, and the topic you are interested in. We’d be happy to talk about what you have in mind and whether Mike would be a good fit.
Inquire About SpeakingSpeaking engagements are educational in nature and are not psychotherapy or a substitute for individualized mental health or substance use treatment.