James Milner, LCSW, CSW

James Milner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Georgia with 11 years of clinical experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, relationships, family concerns, grief, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. He also pays attention to abandonment, blended family issues, codependency, communication and control problems, divorce and separation, substance issues, and fatherhood concerns.

He trained in social work, earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Savannah State University, and a Master of Social Work from the University of Georgia. Early in his career he supervised transitional housing programs and worked with people experiencing severe mental illness and homelessness. Later he moved into nonprofit leadership and designed supportive housing and residential substance programs.

Alongside agency work, he started a private practice called S.H.A.N.T.I Psychotherapy, LLC and provided contracted counseling at Georgia State University. He has also worked from an office in Decatur, GA and served as an executive director for a community agency. He is a licensed and ordained Baptist minister and serves as an assistant pastor and lead pastoral counselor.

His approach mixes clinical methods with spiritual and philosophical perspectives. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and spiritual practices when appropriate. He emphasizes understanding a person’s culture, worldview, and belief system when deciding how to proceed.

In sessions he helps adults connect past experiences to current problems. He aims to work with each person as an individual rather than only a diagnosis. Practical skills, discussion about values and belief systems, and options for managing emotions are common features of his work.

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