- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- 12-step principles
- Workplace and money issues
About James
James Panozzo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 15 years of counseling experience. He uses direct conversation and practical strategies to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, work pressure, depression, and major life changes.
Before counseling, he spent more than 30 years working in manufacturing in logistics, finance, and quality control. That background informs a straightforward, numbers-aware approach to problems like workplace stress and money worries. He also brings experience addressing attachment concerns, questions of life purpose, and forgiveness.
James works with clients around addictive behaviors and recovery. He notes experience with 12-step approaches and applies those principles where they fit a person’s goals alongside work on anxiety or depression. He is open to discussing how step-based practices could interact with individual therapy goals.
He offers services to clients who use insurance and conducts sessions in English. His work aims to help people talk through difficult feelings, including guilt and shame, and to develop clearer ways of coping in day-to-day life.
In sessions he focuses on practical tools drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. He encourages gradual, measurable steps so people can see what changes help them manage stress and move forward.
How Cognitive Behavioral Work Translates to Online Sessions
CBT focuses on spotting the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In plain terms it helps people notice patterns of thinking that increase anxiety, guilt, or low self-esteem, and then practice different responses. That approach is useful for stress, workplace worries, depression, and for addressing feelings of guilt and shame.He also draws on 12-step principles for clients who want to include those practices in their recovery work. Those principles offer a framework for routine, accountability, and reflection that can sit alongside CBT techniques when appropriate.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide whether CBT, step-based practices, or a combination feels most helpful. Goals, day-to-day routines, and client preferences guide that choice rather than one fixed method.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier and fit into busy lives; it can shorten travel time, allow a quick check-in during a lunch break, or let people continue weekly focus even when they are traveling. These practical benefits help therapy fit better into everyday schedules while the therapist and client figure out the best approach together.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he address?
He works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career concerns, depression, and coping with life changes, and also focuses on attachment issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, money, and workplace issues.
How does he approach guilt and shame?
He uses practical conversation and tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thoughts that fuel guilt and shame and to test different ways of thinking and behaving.
What is his background and experience?
He has 15 years of counseling experience and over 30 years working in manufacturing roles such as logistics, finance, and quality control.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan and also holds a CAADC certification in Michigan for alcohol and drug counseling.
Does he work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; he is also able to work with clients who have insurance.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.