Dr. Michael McCutcheon is the Head of Career Coaching at Wanderlust Careers. He has a Ph.D. in counseling psychology, and works collaboratively with clients to identify their priorities and capabilities, and implement plans that support their professional success and overall wellness. He is empathic and goal-oriented in his approach, coaching clients focused on increasing job effectiveness (e.g., strategy, communication and collaboration, prioritizing), taking on new roles or responsibilities, or redefining their career and personal life intentions. He has supported hundreds of clients in achieving life-changing results, such as: pivoting to new careers, getting promoted, gaining acceptance into competitive graduate programs, and helping entrepreneurs launch new companies from the ground up. He has experience coaching talent at all levels of the organization and across industries (e.g., healthcare, technology, financial services, retail, and government) and also teaches graduate counseling courses at New York University (NYU), a position for which he has twice won the Teaching Award (2014 & 2019). He has appeared in the press as a lifestyle and career expert for The New York Times, The Washington Post/Associated Press, and The New York Post, among others. He has served as a contributing writer for Out Magazine and has been a featured panelist on National Public Radio (NPR).

Specialties: C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, career upleveling and pivots

CREDENTIALS

Ph.D. / Counseling Psychology / New York University

B.A. / Psychology / University of California, Berkeley