About James
Dr. James Geidner helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship struggles, or changes in life circumstances. He also supports concerns such as parenting strain, addiction, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and career questions.
Dr. Geidner brings two decades of clinical experience to sessions and writes simply and directly with people in mind. He has worked across many settings, including psychiatric rehabilitation, child treatment centers, and universities.
Background and approach
That background informs a flexible way of working in independent practice and in academic roles. He holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Michigan. In sessions he focuses on fitting the approach to the person.
That means talking through practical steps, noticing patterns that get in the way, and trying techniques that match a client's goals. He uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape emotions and behavior. He also draws from cognitive behavioral methods to spot unhelpful thinking and test small experiments that change outcomes.
When emotion regulation is a major problem he may bring in dialectical behavior ideas for skills around distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. Dr. Geidner prefers a collaborative process.
He listens, asks questions, and checks in about what is working. He aims to keep sessions clear and focused so people can try out new ways of coping between meetings. People can expect straightforward, experience-based support that adapts over time.
His combined clinical and teaching roles shape a practical style that emphasizes skill building and real-world change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior; online sessions can use discussion and reflective exercises to identify patterns and try new ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral experiments, which adapts well to video or messaging formats because homework and monitoring are easy to share. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication and can be taught through brief exercises, role plays, and skill reminders across different online formats.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjustments are made as progress is reviewed. That makes therapy a shared process rather than a fixed plan.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match practical needs. Video calls are useful for conversational depth and screen-sharing worksheets. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text allow short check-ins, quick skill coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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