James
Warner, LCSW, CBT
As
Director of Clinical Associates, James brings 25 years of experience
in psychotherapy in a wide range of services including individual,
couples, family and group psychotherapy with adolescents and
adults. He has developed treatment programs for patients in
both inpatient and follow-up outpatient programs at three hospitals
where he was on the Allied Professional Staff (Riveredge, Hinsdale
and Linden Oaks). He has served as consultant in and has written
peer review formats for the allied staff of two hospitals. He
has supervised field placements, internships, taught 4th ear
Loyola psychiatric residents, led workshops and public speaking
engagements.
He
has worked closely with allied health professionals with ongoing
consultation and referral. He had an ongoing group for 20 years,
led an adolescent group for 15 years and co-led intensive weekend
workshops with families, adolescents and adult patients. Utilizing
an elective approach, therapy is evaluated according to crisis
intervention/short term focused, medium range behavioral/affective
change or long term relationship, character analysis work. Different
modalities are used to deal with each goal, a mixture of psychodynamic,
gestalt and bioenergetic approaches. Special interest lays inworking
with trauma (EMDR trained), affect management and relationship
attachments.
