Helping People Find Therapists & Advocating for Ethical and Healthy Therapy & Marriage Counseling Practices

My Approach to Helping

How does Jim West connects with Children, Teenagers & Young Adults:

XBOX 360 on a 7 foot screen, High Definition Projector, Dolby Digital Surround Sound & Popcorn.

Jim is in a Car Club where he Autocrosses and shows pictures of his track events and trophies in the office.

Jim uses humor as he had two Teen Comedy Clubs and Dance club, and used these clubs to build teens confidence, speaking and acting skills and published several sketches performed in his clubs with Youth Specialties.

He can meet them for lunch, coffee, smoothies, a driving range, play basketball, throw a football or baseball or most anything to connect with students.

Jim's Skateboard Team had corporate sponsors, built half pipes, ramps, quarter pipes, fun boxes, rail slides, and more.

He utilizes a Ropes Course, climbing wall and team building games for Day Camps, and Summer Camps.

Specialized Counseling Skills: Jim West has clients drive from all over the state of Florida, from Georgia and the Bahamas.
Local and National TV & Radio: Jim is a children, adolescent, college student & family expert and is asked to provide advice on Local & National TV & Radio including the Daily Buzz, Fox 35, Channel 13, NBC, 810am & more.

School Consultations & Staffings: Jim has been invited to provide consultation to several private and public schools in the state of Florida. Some local schools include: Lake Highland Preparatory, First Academy, Pinecastle Christian Academy, Ocoee Elementary, Clarcona Elementary, Foundation Academy, and more. His consultations include conflict resolution, accommodations for ADHD, character building, student retention, and school improvement programs. He is an advocate for students with their IEP or Individualized Education Plan & 504 Plans.

International Communicator: Jim has been invited to speak for private school accreditation boards over the past 6 years including ACSI, Childrens Home Society, National School Social Workers & FACCS. He has spoken to thousands of teachers over the years and influenced private schools to provide special programs for students with learning disabilities, and accommodations for ADHD. His recordings at seminars are often the top requested CD's.

Retreats: Jim provides retreats for schools as well to help students resolve conflicts and repair past hurts.
Summer Camps since 2004 incorporating a Challenge Ropes Course and Equestrian program has helped students mature significantly, socially and emotionally, increase confidence, become calmer, more compliant, improved leadership skills,and a more positive influence on their peers.

 

More Info About My Practice

Jim is the president of Total Life Counseling Center and he has 15-20 Counselors volunteer at his Summer and Day Camps. From this group of counselors he often hires 1-2 each year to join his team so he can offer the best counselors to take the guess work out of finding a counselor.

 

Important Factors for Choosing a Therapist

At our counseling center we hire the best counselors and choose specialists in 3-5 areas of counseling so our clients get results. Also, look for a therapist that encourages their child or teen to share what they learned each session so the parents so are in the loop and feel like their students is getting something from counseling. Last, look for a therapist that will give you a plan after the first or sometimes the seconds session along with homework!

 

The Duration and Frequency of Therapy

Parents are often relieved when their kids meet Jim! His use of humor and his relational approach often has students laughing and connecting with Jim in the first few minutes! Additionally he will meet you in your home, or play basketball or go to Planet Smoothie or Starbucks with them to meet them on neutral turf!

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Coaching
• Consultation
• Clinical Supervision
• Online Counseling / Phone Therapy
• Home-Based Therapy
• Other

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

I have a passion for students, teenagers, and young adults with ADHD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Parent/Student Conflict, Anxiety, Depression and Bi-Polar Disorder. We also work with families with high success often without the use of medication for all of these concerns. We work with Doctors and Nutritionists who use supplements and dietary adjustments with a very high success rate. About 15% of our clients need medication after working with our Doctor's and Nutritionists. We also utilize Adventure Based Counseling utilizing a Ropes Course, Dance and Horses.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Anger Management
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
• Conflict Resolution Therapy
• Equine & Animal Assisted Psychotherapies
• Family Systems Therapy
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Other - Not Listed Here
• Parent Work
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
• Play Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Positive Psychotherapy
• Reality Therapy
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Sport / Fitness Psychology
• Wilderness Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Identity Issues
• Attachment
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Life Changes
• Social Skills & Problems
• Emotion Management
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Depression & Mood
• Family Problems
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Relationships & Marriage
• Spirituality
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Health & Body
• Self-Harm & Suicide