Meet Michaels.
His work happens in lecture theatres, counselling rooms, community halls and a church in Western Sydney.
The story so far
Dr Michaels Aibangbee is a psychotherapist, academic, pastor and author based in Western Sydney. His work spans clinical care, research with migrant and refugee young people, community leadership and faith.
In the counselling room he is Clinical Lead and CEO of Renovate Health Consortium. At Charles Darwin University he is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Course Coordinator of the Master of Psychology (Clinical). He is also an academic in the School of Medicine at Western Sydney University, where he completed his PhD in Health Sciences.
His research, supported by the Australian Research Council, works with migrant and refugee young people through participatory action research. It asks how families, communities, services and policy shape their health, and it treats young people as partners in finding answers.
Beyond the university and the practice, he leads Edge Community Care Services, a DGR-endorsed charity working alongside refugee, asylum-seeker and migrant communities, and serves as Senior Pastor of The Transformation Edge. He is the author of Do Not Bow: The Cascade of Compromise, and his radio, podcast and YouTube work goes out through the EdgedIn Network.
The threads connect. Each sphere is a different room for one commitment to dignity, equity and belonging.
At home
Michaels and his wife, Pastor Osas Michaels-Aibangbee, serve together at The Transformation Edge. They are co-authors of the Speak Life books, for adults, young people and kids.
They live in Western Sydney with their three children.
Around the work
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Dr Michaels Aibangbee is a Western Sydney psychotherapist, academic, pastor and author working across clinical care, migrant and refugee youth research, community leadership and faith.
Dr Michaels Aibangbee is a psychotherapist, academic, pastor and author in Western Sydney. He is Clinical Lead and CEO of Renovate Health Consortium, a PACFA Clinical Member and Mental Health Clinical Supervisor. At Charles Darwin University he is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Course Coordinator of the Master of Psychology (Clinical); he is also an academic in Western Sydney University's School of Medicine. His research centres on migrant and refugee young people. He is Executive Director of Edge Community Care Services, Senior Pastor of The Transformation Edge and author of Do Not Bow: The Cascade of Compromise.
Dr Michaels Aibangbee is a psychotherapist, academic, pastor and author based in Western Sydney. His work spans clinical care, research with migrant and refugee young people, community leadership and faith.
He is Clinical Lead and CEO of Renovate Health Consortium, where he provides psychotherapy and clinical supervision. He is a Clinical Member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and a Mental Health Clinical Supervisor, and his practice is trauma-informed and culturally responsive.
At Charles Darwin University he is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Course Coordinator of the Master of Psychology (Clinical), teaching across Psychology and Counselling. His teaching integrates decolonial perspectives and community-led approaches, preparing practitioners to work with culturally diverse communities. He is also an academic in the School of Medicine at Western Sydney University, where he completed his PhD in Health Sciences. His research, supported by the Australian Research Council, uses participatory action research and socio-ecological frameworks to understand the social determinants of health, with a focus on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of migrant and refugee young people. He has published in international peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
As Executive Director of Edge Community Care Services, a DGR-endorsed charity, he leads therapeutic and psychosocial support alongside refugee, asylum-seeker and migrant communities in Western Sydney. His leadership draws on community needs assessment and participatory approaches, and he works with government, health and community partners on the systems those communities navigate.
He is Senior Pastor of The Transformation Edge, a multicultural church in Jamisontown, Western Sydney. The church supports families through migration, settlement and everyday life, and partners with local organisations. He is the author of Do Not Bow: The Cascade of Compromise (Ark House Press), a Justice of the Peace and a religious marriage celebrant.
Marriage celebrant
Michaels conducts weddings as a religious celebrant. He works with couples to shape their ceremony and takes care of the legal paperwork that makes the marriage official.
What happens next
- Send a celebrant enquiry with your preferred date and place.
- Meet to talk through the ceremony you want.
- Lodge your Notice of Intended Marriage. It must reach your celebrant at least one month before the wedding.
Justice of the Peace
Michaels is a Justice of the Peace for New South Wales. JP services are free of charge and are not connected to any paid service.