James Paul Vastag, M.A., LMFTA

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate

I use a Christ-Centered perspective to help people navigate through life's rough waters and to help each client reach their full potential using their God given talents.

Education:

· M.A. Marriage and Family Therapy, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN

· B.S. Psychology, Purdue University (IUPUI)

· B.S. Public Affairs, Indiana University (IUPUI)

Relational Counseling Specialties:

Individual Therapy: children, adolescents and adults
Couples Therapy: premarital, marital, and extramarital affiar concerns
Family Counseling: changes in family structure (divorce/remarriage), parenting and behavior concerns, school concerns, etc.

(For more information about counseling services, please see the "Services Provided" section. )

Training and Experience:

Helped facilitate IMAGO weekend workshops on several occasions, using couple dialogs as a way of increasing communication and working
through “stuck places”

Certified Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) member - specialized training in working with people in crisis, with disabilities, or other special needs in order to get them the help and services needed, thus reducing or preventing the involvement of the criminal justice system

NOVA certified (National Organization of Victim’s Assistance) - organization dedicated to helping victims and their communities work through a crisis by involving necessary resources and facilitating group/peer discussions

Pregnancy Loss & Unresolved Grief - A time to Listen; A time to Heal- workshop in healing the trauma and unspoken pain of abortion, presented by Dr. Theresa Burke, Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries

Completing the Mental Status Exam - Practical, Hands On Lessons from the field - seminar to "help improve clinician's ability to preform Mental Status Evaluations by teaching them critical information generally not covered on a graduate level". - Cross Country Education

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