Psychotherapy

Jim attended Fairfield University, CT and received extensive training in the practice and theory of Systemic, Structural, and Strategic Family Therapy. In 2011 he was nominated and inducted into the Jesuit honor society, Alpha Sigma Nu. He graduated in 2012 with an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, and received the annual Dean’s Award for Excellence.

Jim interned for 4 years at the Southern California Counseling Center (SCCC) in Los Angeles, where he worked with individuals and groups, and received training in EMDR, TRM and CRM modalities for working with trauma.

At SCCC Jim helped facilitate the weekly Rage Group, an adult anger management group, and also facilitated a weekly GRYD group for teens through the GRYD office at WLCAC in Watts.

In 2015 during a lunch break from a CRM training course, Jim helped and adopted a traumatized injured dog that was living on the streets in Watts. Since then, assisted by EMDR she has made an extensive recovery, and blessed the lives of many with her sweet spirit:

Trauma

When working with trauma, Jim uses EMDR, TRM, or hypnosis depending on the client’s preference and the presenting issues. He believes that the most important aspects of the work are to help clients organize and adequately contain their traumatic experiences, and to proceed with the work at the pace that is most appropriate for the client.

Hypnosis

Jim learned hypnosis from Dr. Brian Weiss, the psychiatrist and best selling author of Many Lives, Many Masters. Jim also received training in hypnosis at the Milton Erickson Foundation in Phoenix, Arizona.