About James
James Milner is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. He brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings. He has worked in Georgia for many years in both nonprofit programs and independent practice.
That background includes managing supportive housing and designing programs for people with substance use and mental health challenges.
Background and approach
He also provided counseling services at a university counseling center and ran a independent practice called S.H.A.N.T.I Psychotherapy, LLC. James combines talk therapy with mindfulness and body-centered practices. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered methods, and hypnotherapy when appropriate.
Sessions often include skills practice, values work, and straightforward problem-solving tied to daily life. Clients who value spiritual language or a holistic approach will find his background relevant. He is an ordained Baptist minister and has training in meditation, Reiki, and anger management.
He draws on those experiences to shape conversations about meaning and purpose. With eleven years of clinical experience as an LCSW and previous work as a clinical social worker, he centers the person rather than a diagnosis. He aims to help adults understand how their history connects to current struggles and to build concrete tools for coping and change.
How approach choice and online sessions work together
James often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and commit to small, meaningful actions. ACT focuses on accepting difficult feelings while moving toward a life that matters to the person.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical coping skills. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and low mood because it pairs thought work with behavior changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. He works collaboratively to match techniques to a person's goals, preferences, and day-to-day reality. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can support shorter updates, brief coaching, or ongoing skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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