About James
Dr. James Geidner helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting strain. He also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and career or life changes.
Dr. Geidner practices from Michigan and brings two decades of clinical experience to his work. He uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method.
He listens carefully to understand the problem.
How James works
Then he and the client choose practical steps that make sense for the situation. Sessions focus on skill-building, clearer communication, and problem solving. Dr.
Geidner has worked in psychiatric rehabilitation, child treatment centers, and university settings. He also teaches as a Professor of Health and Counseling. That background informs how he balances theory with real-world tools in sessions.
He has served as a clinical supervisor at hospitals and universities, including Rush Memorial Hospital, University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin. This supervisory work exposed him to many therapy styles and clinical challenges. In practice he blends attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and elements of Jungian and narrative work.
The goal is steady progress through doable changes, coaching when needed, and attention to personal meaning over time.
James lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What James works with
The areas below are the ones James selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Dr. Geidner commonly combines client-centered work, attachment-based ideas, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own solutions. That approach is useful when someone needs space to talk and make sense of personal concerns.Attachment-based therapy looks at how early connections affect current relationships and emotional patterns. It can help with intimacy problems, commitment concerns, abandonment fears, and communication struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will adjust methods over time so sessions stay focused and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions and keep momentum when schedules are tight. These options give flexibility while keeping the work goal-oriented and consistent.
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