Michael Orlans was a Certified Master Therapist with forty years of clinical experience working with children, adults, and families in public mental health, the criminal justice system, and private practice. He was an internationally renowned author and trainer who taught throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Japan. Mr. Orlans was also a co-founder and a member of the founding Executive Board of Directors of ATTACh. He was co-director of the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center and the Attachment Treatment and Training Institute in Evergreen, Colorado, USA.