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Jim Needler Jim Needler, LCSW has eighteen years experience in the mental health field. He received a BA in Social Work from Taylor University in Upland , Indiana in 1975 and a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Louisville, Kent School of Social work in 1999. Since then, he has received continuing education in various aspects of social work and mental health including Domestic Violence, Cognitive Therapy, Suicide Risk Assessment, Dual Illness (Mental Illness and Addiction) and Medication Management. Most recently he has completed training concerned with Engaging the Spirit in Psychotherapy and in Basic Issues in Aging. He has worked in residential programs with adolescents with cognitive, emotional and behavioral problems; with adults with adjustment disorders, depression, anxiety, addiction and severe mental illness in therapeutic rehabilitation, individual and group therapy and case management; and with older adults in an inpatient setting for geriatric behavioral problems.Jim understands emotional distress and mental illness to be caused by the same things that cause physical illness and distress—genetics, environmental stress, trauma and bad habits. Much can be done with medications, some aspects of the environment can be changed, more effective ways of responding to stress, danger and uncertainty can be learned. Jim uses empathic engagement to encourage clients to allow themselves to make desired change. He also has a good understanding of cognitive behavioral techniques, assertiveness training and the process of grief. Jim will provide mental status and depression assessments, individual and group psychotherapy and referral services for adults and adolescents with a focus on older adults.
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