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James Slaton

KY LCSW 4020, TN LCSW 7016
Credentials
KY LCSW 4020, TN LCSW 7016
NPI Number
1104212521
Location
Kentucky
Languages
English
James Slaton
11 years experience | Counselor of Color | Intl Clients Welcome

About James Slaton

Greetings!
I am James K. Slaton and I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) since 2015. I graduated from Western Kentucky University and my previous experience in mental health includes working at a State Mental Hospital, Community Mental Health Crisis Unit, and Child Protective Services as an ongoing worker and investigator. I started providing mental health counseling/therapy in 2012 working with children and their families. My experience includes implementing management strategies for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relationship issues, and effects of trauma to name a few. My overall approach is based in Reality Therapy. I am trained in several modalities and utilize them interchangeably to create an environment where my patients are/or become an expert on themselves and can teach me how to help them. I bring my own expertise to the session shaped and formed through life experiences, the search and acquisition of knowledge, and taking an empathetic approach to all situations. Passing judgment, discriminating, following social norms, or utilizing sympathy as a tool is not a part of treatment I deliver. My approach is straightforward and solution focused. If you feel that no one ‘gets’ you or that no one has been there, you may be correct but I believe that can change so give me a try! I make no promises, but I also tell no lies; if you possess the stamina we will win the race! If stamina is lacking, we will condition and win the race anyway!

Licenses

LCSW
7016
LCSW
4020

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • ADHD
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Coaching
  • Compassion fatigue
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Sleeping disorders
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Aging and geriatric issues
  • Antisocial personality
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Codependency
  • Commitment issues
  • Control issues
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
  • Dissociation
  • Domestic violence
  • Drug and alcohol addiction
  • Emptiness
  • Family problems
  • Fatherhood issues
  • First responder issues
  • Hearing impaired
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Immigration issues
  • Jealousy
  • Multicultural concerns
  • Narcissism
  • Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
  • Postpartum depression
  • Prejudice and discrimination
  • Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
  • Self-harm
  • Sex addiction
  • Sexual assault and abuse
  • Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
  • Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“James Slaton had been compassionate and real with me. Im very grateful for him.”

“James is the Best! Will it go in the NY Times as well?”

“I was skeptical before I signed up. I am glad that I finally decided to work with Better Help. My therapist, James Slaton has been very helpful.”

“Very attentive and gives really good feedback. Always keeps in touch with us and creates a very safe environment to talk. I definitely recommend him!”

“James Slaton is very attentive to my concerns and offers very intuitive observations.”

“He's a helpful person! Funny guy! Always puts a smile on my face! Best therapist out there”

“James is a good therapist. He listens to me and redirects some of my thoughts into a more productive line of thinking while giving me real world perspective on it. He can be direct but that is very much needed for me and much appreciated.”

“James is personable and professional, always great to speak with”

“James listens well to my concerns and gives me tools and insight into how to help myself work through my various issues. Recommended.”

“Have been working with James and right from the start made me feel comfortable and heard, offered amazing support and feedback and is someone I would never hesitate to reach out to when I need help and support he is amazing highly recommend!!!”

“Good listen. Insightful feedback.”

“James has the demeanor of an interested friend while maintaining a very professional atmosphere. He adeptly walks that line. He listens well and his feedback is never condescending. That's important for someone with self esteem issues. He validates my feelings while offering the proper rails to help keep me on a proper path of thinking. It feels like he isn't so much motivating me as he's helping me motivate myself. It's been an overwhelming positive experience for me. I would highly recommend his counseling style.”

“Great therapist”

“Mr. Slaton is an amazing professional. He is easy to speak with, he has an amazing ability to help you identify underlying problems to help you work on your main issues. Exceedingly supportive. I honestly look forward to our weekly sessions.”

“I am so happy to be working with James on my anxiety and relationship issues. I feel that I am making some real progress in my self esteem and just being able to tell him things I do NOT share with anyone else is the best thing for me.”

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