President of Counseling and Human Resources
Consulting, P.C., Michael is the author of 50 articles and three books
about innovations in counseling, consulting and education. He has been
a featured speaker at 65 conferences internationally and has appeared
on 80 radio and television programs. Michael has been a consultant
to many organizations including AT&T, IBM, NASA, USDA Forest Service
and the Department of Defense. Of the 40 workshops he conducts, the
Wilderness Vision Quest is his favorite.
Death, Rebirth and Transformation:
The story of Rising Eagle and the
Wilderness Vision Quest. 1990, Michael H. Brown, Ed. S.
A comprehensive book recounting many powerful transformative experiences
in the author's life that led to a career spanning 35 years as a mental
health counselor and 200 trips into backcountry areas throughout North
America as a guide on a program he developed called the Wilderness
Vision Quest. Stories about his life include four years in Catholic
seminary, a hitch-hiking trip across America, training in LSD psychotherapy,
altered states of consciousness and Psychosynthesis, and ritual experiences
with native people. Also included are 22 stories and dozens of poems
from people who have participated in the Wilderness Vision Quest with
Michael. 206 pages, $19.95 + $2.50 postage = $22.45. (Written as his
dissertation for the Ed. S. degree in Professional Counseling at the
College of William and Mary in Virginia, Spring, 1990).
Backyard Vision Quest with Michael H. Brown, Ed. S.
A one-hour DVD
during which the presenter leads a walk through his large springtime
backyard garden and instructs the viewer about how to find inspiration
and renewal on their own self-guided quest in nature. This documentary
aired on television in Richmond, Virginia on August 1, 2007. $19.95.
