About James
James Panozzo is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 15 years of counseling experience. He draws on a long career in industry to help people sort through stress, work pressure, and life changes in clear, practical ways. Panozzo uses straightforward conversation to help people manage anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
He often applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping clients spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to test new outcomes.
How James works
Sessions focus on small, doable steps rather than big promises. He also supports people working through issues around attachment, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and questions of life purpose. Money and workplace pressures are addressed with an eye for practical adjustments and clearer thinking.
Those topics are treated as everyday problems that can be tackled step by step. James understands addiction recovery from his background as an alcohol and drug counselor and from work with the 12-step approach. He uses those principles when they fit a person's goals, alongside other therapeutic tools.
This can be useful when addictive patterns, anxiety, or disappointment are part of the picture. Panozzo offers a mix of session styles to match different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. He can work with clients who use insurance and aims to make scheduling straightforward and predictable.
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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
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How CBT and online sessions work together
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people notice patterns of thinking that fuel anxiety or low mood and then try different behaviors to test new results. This approach is concrete and goal-oriented, often using short exercises between meetings.James also brings experience from alcohol and drug counseling and the 12-step approach. That perspective can guide work on addictive behaviors, guilt, shame, and restoration when those issues are part of the goals. These tools are used alongside CBT when they fit a person's needs.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest a mix of CBT techniques and other methods if helpful. Sessions are adjusted over time based on what is working and what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short, ongoing contact. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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