Dr. James Geidner, LCPC, LPC

Dr. James Geidner brings more than 20 years of clinical experience across psychiatric rehabilitation programs, child treatment centers, and university settings. He balances an academic role as a Professor of Health and Counseling with ongoing work in private practice, combining classroom insight with applied clinical work. Over his career he has served as a clinical supervisor for a variety of institutions, including Rush Memorial Hospital, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin, among others, which has broadened his familiarity with many therapeutic approaches.

His clinical style centers on identifying the treatment modality that best matches each personâs needs, drawing from a wide range of methods such as Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Jungian Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. He holds LCPC and LPC credentials - LCPC stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor - and works from Michigan.

Dr. Geidner's practice focuses on concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, family dynamics, grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. He also attends to areas such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, avoidant personality patterns, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, commitment concerns, communication and control issues, disaster-related coping, dependent personality traits, DMDD, dissociation, and divorce and separation.