Michael Picucci is a nationally credentialed Master Addiction Counselor with a doctorate in The Psychology of Addictions Psychotherapy. He discovered a method that combines psychotherapy, the wisdom of the maturing recovery movement, and his own personal healing strategies. The result is a new form of healing for all people called Authentic Process Therapy. It allows deep feelings, longings for intimacy, and spiritual yearnings to emerge and become integrated, creating the experience of complete recovery. He has a private practice in New York City and is co-founder of The Institue for Staged Recovery and Institute Psychotherapy Associates.