Jim Falduti, LCSW - Therapist at Grow Therapy

Jim Falduti

Jim Falduti

(he/him)

LCSW
24 years of experience
Virtual

I have over 40 years experience counseling others, first as a pastoral minister and then as a psychotherapist since 2001. I earned my Masters in Divinity from the Washington Theological Union in 1993 and served as a youth minister, hospital and prison chaplain and parish priest until 2000. I earned my Masters in Social Work from the University at Albany, NY in 2001 and worked in a mental health clinic in rural New York state for 14 years. There I assessed and treated a wide variety of issues and provided a broad range of treatment approaches. I've supervised other therapists and taught clinical social work practice to graduate students for over 9 years. In 2018, while teaching as an adjust instructor in the social work department of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, FL, I started my private practice as an independent contractor for a psychiatric practice. Since then I moved back to the Albany, NY area and branched out to see clients privately who live in NY as well as in Florida. I currently am licensed in NY, FL and North Carolina and can see clients that live in or migrate throughout the year among those three states.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

In my work, first sessions are all about helping you feel at ease with me. I use a client-centered, compassion approach to assessment. We will explore what is happening that led you to contact me and what if anything you've done in the past to work through those issues. It's about answering your questions and addressing your concerns as much me getting to know you. By the end of the session you should have a clear sense of whether or not I can help you.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

My experiences have taught me that the key to successful therapy is careful listening to get an accurate assessment, applying the appropriate technique and making adjustments as needed throughout the helping and healing process. Without in-depth listening to build trust and to enhance motivation, any technique will be mediocre at best. After we explore your needs, we will use a variety of techniques: from brief solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral techniques to more psychodynamic approaches such as parts theory and ego psychology. Also, I am skilled at integrating your ethical values and spiritual beliefs, if you wish, into our therapeutic work. My clients consistently state that they feel safe talking with me, feel more calm and hopeful and have more clarity about themselves and their relationships.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

Whether you need treatment for a mood disorder or practical tools to improve your life and relationships, I will patiently listen and compassionately guide you. My clients are challenged by depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, chronic illness, and/or conflicted relationships. They seek to improve their communication with others, to have more confidence and clarity, and be free of shame and painful memories.

About Jim Falduti

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Integrative

I use an integrative approach that recognizes that each client's needs and strengths are unique and my require variety of techniques: from brief solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral techniques to more psychodynamic approaches such as parts theory and ego psychology. Also, I am skilled at integrating your ethical values and spiritual beliefs, as you wish, into our therapeutic work.