Dr. Michael Grant

Dr. Michael M. Grant is a Clinical Psychologist licensed in South Carolina whose work over the past 20+ years has included direct provision of behavioral healthcare services to adult individuals and couples using, primarily, a Cognitive Behavioral approach torntherapy. In fact, Dr. Grant is the only Clinical Psychologist in South Carolina certified by the Academy of Cognitiver Therapy to provide Cognitive Therapy. Certification by the Academy indicates to the public and other clinicians that the individual is a skilled cognitive therapist. At Coastal Center for Cognitive Therapy (www.coastalcognitive.com) Dr. Grant also performs a variety of psychological assessments and evaluations including those for Pre-Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial/Implant and Pre-Bariatricr Surgery.

Dr. Grant has also conducted medical and healthcare research, and consulted as an expert in leadership and organizational development with a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies (BellSouth, Caterpillar, Gillette, McKesson, Motorola, Rocher Diagnostics, Schering Plough, Stryker, Westinghouse, etc.), and academic and healthcare organizations. The work he has done in both medical and organizational research/consulting has resulted in thirteen publications in nationally respected, peer reviewed healthcare jou als or business magazines.

Inrnaddition to his work with "for profit" enterprises, he has consulted with "non profit" organizations and a variety of federal and state governmental organizations including NASA (Johnson and Stennis Space Centers) following the space shuttle Columbia disaster. Early in his career, he founded and was the first President of a 501-c-3 non-profit corporation formed torndevelop a leadership training & retreat center northeast of Atlanta. While engaged inrnthis project, he served as a Catholic Priest in the Archdiocese of Atlanta from 1983-1990.

Dr. Grant currently provides individual Clinical Psychology assessment and treatment services at Coastal Center for Cognitive Therapy in Myrtle Beach, SC and accepts select Organizational and Leadership Development consulting projects in addition to working with leaders of churches and non-profit religious organizations of various denominations. He lives near Myrtle Beach, SC with his wife, Patricia, and is a graduate of Clemson University's Master Gardener program.

• Academy of Cognitive Therapy
• American Psychological Association
• American Pain Society
• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy
• South Carolina Psychological Association