Replace Your Client’s Stress with Stability and Credibility

I’m James — trauma therapist and dedicated advocate. Helping your clients reclaim their emotional voice.

I’m in-network with most major insurance companies and offer complimentary 30-minute consultation to both attorneys and their clients.

Let’s connect and explore how I can help, or have your client call me directly.

Testimonials

  • “James, thank you so much for your compassionate care, strong guidance and always being there for me. Thank you for being a source of sanity and support. I'm getting better every day, week and month. Thank you for your powerful presence.” H-

  • “Dear James, I thank you so much for passing your knowledge onto me to help me in my struggle. I so appreciate your encouragement and kind heart to see me pro bono. That shows me you care. I am deeply grateful.” S-

  • “James, thank you, sincerely, for all the therapeutic guidance you provided me over the last 12 months. You're a testament to the compassion, empathy, and ability to listen for understanding that every therapist should possess. Until next time!" J-

Another Voice…

With over three years helping convicted felons in Collier County rebuild their lives, I understand how to support clients through complex emotional challenges.

I’ve advocated in court, conducted hundreds of trauma therapy sessions, and know how to document clinical progress clearly and professionally — all while safeguarding client confidentiality.

I have also worked as a therapist in substance abuse treatment facilities, a psychiatric hospital and an integrated practice which focuses on treatment-resistant mental health challenges.

Therapeutic Approaches

  • DBT is a structured, skills-based approach that helps clients manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and build distress tolerance. It combines mindfulness, cognitive strategies, and behavioral techniques to create lasting emotional regulation and resilience.

  • EMDR is an evidence-based therapy that helps the brain reprocess distressing memories so they no longer feel triggering or overwhelming. It’s especially effective for trauma, anxiety, and negative self-beliefs, allowing clients to experience relief without having to retell every detail of their story.

  • EMI is a neurotherapeutic technique that helps the brain resolve emotional trauma by guiding the eyes through specific patterns that access deep, often non-verbal memory networks. This gentle, non-invasive approach allows clients to process unresolved experiences without needing to relive the details, often resulting in lasting emotional relief.

  • LSR is a structured, client-centered approach that helps individuals uncover and resolve the underlying sources of chronic stress, anxiety, or emotional reactivity. Through guided exploration and emotional processing, clients experience relief from persistent mental and emotional burdens.

  • MRT is a cognitive-behavioral program designed to promote moral reasoning, accountability, and long-term behavioral change. It’s especially effective for clients with legal, behavioral, or addiction issues, helping them build insight, responsibility, and a stronger internal value system.

  • TIR is a highly focused method that allows clients to process past traumatic events in a safe, structured way until emotional charge is fully released. It helps reduce symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, and depression by resolving the emotional weight of specific incidents—without interpretation or judgment.

Therapy provides support for meaningful closure and resolution. Using six evidence-based modalities, every client is treated based on their unique clinical presentation, goals and strengths. This individualized approach can promote deeper emotional healing, enhance overall stability and sustain long-term change.

Documentation and Collaboration with Attorneys

Tip the Scales Counseling provides structured, clinically-informed reports that summarize a client’s engagement in therapy while maintaining client confidentiality and preserving the integrity of the therapeutic relationship.

Disclaimer

  • A concise, neutral overview of the client's therapeutic engagement without breaching confidentiality. No details nor diagnoses will be shared.

  • A summary of the initial assessment, including observations of emotional and psychological functioning across multiple systems e.g. family, work, social, school etc.

  • Clear, measurable goals tied to therapy and how they relate to the client’s progress (e.g., reducing symptoms of trauma, improving emotional regulation).

  • Documentation of attendance, participation level, and general attitude toward therapy, showing consistency or lack thereof.

  • Specific, non-sensitive data on whether the client is improving, plateauing, or regressing, as it pertains to overall mental or emotional functioning.

  • Describing how trauma, emotional distress, or mental health symptoms are currently affecting the client’s functioning (e.g., work, family, decision-making) as reported by client.

  • Supporting the client's efforts in treatment and outlining emotional/behavioral improvements that may contribute to a positive legal outcome.

  • Suggestions for additional care such as detox, residential treatment and/or integrated mental health.