Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How James works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About James
Dr. James Geidner helps people cope with stress, anger, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. He also supports those dealing with grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and trauma.
Dr. Geidner combines practical strategies with straightforward conversation to help people manage day-to-day struggles. He brings 20 years of clinical experience to his work and holds LCPC and LPC credentials.
He has worked in psychiatric rehabilitation, child treatment centers, and university settings, and teaches as a Professor of Health and Counseling.
Background and approach
That mix of practice and teaching informs how he approaches sessions. Sessions focus on finding what actually helps a person feel steadier. He listens for patterns in feelings and behaviors, then uses talk-based tools and skill-building to shift those patterns.
He aims to make sessions useful in the week after a meeting, not just during it. Dr. Geidner draws on several therapeutic approaches to match a person's needs.
He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, attachment-based ideas to address relationship patterns, and client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person in front of him. He also brings elements from dialectical and Jungian work when they fit. People meet with him online or by phone in Michigan, and international clients are accepted.
He keeps language simple and practical so parents and busy adults can use what they learn right away.
What James works with
Everything James lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in James's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches James lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online delivery
Dr. Geidner commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based ideas in his online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, anger, and mood problems. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and helps people change how they relate to others and handle conflict.He also uses a client-centered stance that keeps the session focused on each person's concerns and goals. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and the person check what helps, adapt methods, and revise the plan as needs and goals shift.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and try methods that suit their routine.
Questions people ask about James
What concerns does he address?
He works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship difficulties, addictions, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, and related issues.
How would you describe his therapy style?
His style is practical and person-focused. He listens, identifies patterns, and teaches skills people can use between sessions.
What is his clinical background?
He has 20 years of clinical experience in psychiatric rehabilitation, child treatment centers, and universities, and currently teaches as a Professor of Health and Counseling.
What credentials and location apply?
He holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices from Michigan.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats does he offer?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.