Dr. Jim Spearman

Dr. Jim Spearman

Founder/LMFT, PhD, LPC - License #833

Dr. Spearman's emphasis is on finding the root causes of maladjustments in an individual's interactions with other significant persons in their lives. This includes considering one's adjustment in their vocation, personal contacts, religious/spiritual life, and intimate relationships.

Dr. Spearman earned a doctorate in Psychology and counseling and has been in practice since 1972. His training has consisted of work in four different psychiatric hospitals and 10 years as clinical director of an in-hospital treatment program. He is also trained in sexual therapy.

Areas of Counseling & Therapy

sex therapy

Sex Therapy

Sexual feelings, performance, and enjoyment are typically an integral part of life and relationships. However, to be a healthy sexual partner one must understand and appreciate one’s own personal sexuality. Many sexual issues (dysfunctions) are related to experiences in one’s past training and teachings.

Just because a person desire to be sexual does not guarantee that their sexual experiences will be satisfied. Age, physical health, and life experiences often affect one’s ability to perform and/or enjoy a sexual experience.

In therapy, all of these issues will be considered to discover one’s ability to maximize sexual enjoyment and pleasure. Most sexual dysfunctional problems are able to be corrected non-medically.

marriage counseling

Marriage Counseling

Marriage counseling can only be done with both people in the relationship involved in the process. It does not always require that both individuals be present in every session but that they be involved in the content that is being considered. For marriage counseling to be successful there cannot be secrets within the counseling relationship.

Information that needs to be kept strictly private needs to be done in individual counseling. To be successful in living together, which means sharing space with another person, requires a high degree of dedication to understanding oneself and that relationship to another person. Marriage is delicate to maintain but can be extremely fulfilling in providing the framework for a person to overcome their personal loneliness.

Exposing one’s weaknesses, emotions, and life desire in front of another person involve some risk. The counseling process is designed to minimize this risk and to help a person to be able to achieve personal and marital satisfaction.

individual counseling

Individual Counseling

Counseling is a delicate art that requires patience, intensity, and insight on both the part of the therapist and the client or clients. To understand one’s emotions, the therapist must begin by attempting to understand the thought process behind the emotions. This includes learning information about the individual’s past as well as present behavior and experiences.

Since emotions are often buried under many layers over many years the process can be tedious and sometimes emotionally stressful. This often presents as stress related emotions depression, anger and confusion.

The goal of therapy is to not only to discover the causes of the above-mentioned issues but also to bring relief to an individual in his day-to-day experiences in life and with people in which he/she might encounter. There is no exact way to determine the length of time that this process will take nor the exact outcome that it will produce. It is a process of discovery.

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Offering VIRTUAL and IN-PERSON Sessions

Pricing

Virtual Session

$130 / session

  • 50 Minute Virtual Session
  • Cash, Check, Credit Cards
  • No Insurance Billing

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Private Counseling

We can sometimes find ourselves at a place in life where we are unsure what to do; either we are not sure about the next step or we need help with how we are feeling.

These situations can be brought on by normal life experiences such as marriage, parenthood, financial trouble, or job issues.

Other times, major life changes such as the death of a loved one, divorce, illness, trauma, or disability can cause emotional distress and impact our ability to function in daily life. Regardless of the cause, counseling can help you adjust and move forward with your life.

In counseling, you can expect to be listened to and understood. You can bring the things that weigh you down and get help figuring out what to do with them.

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Location

37 Villa Road, Suite 420
Greenville, SC 29615