Learn More About James
James is a skilled therapist whose true work lies in helping people through the process of transformation. For more than twenty-five years he has accompanied clients through breaking points when life can no longer go on as it was. People often find him in seasons of disorientation: in pain that will not heal, in the ache of grief or depression, in marriages collapsing, or in the kind of suffering that feels unbearably isolating—where life seems hopeless and no one seems able to help. His gift is in meeting people at these thresholds with presence, walking with them into healing and renewal.
Early Work
His path began in the clinical world as a structural integration and neuromuscular therapist. Day after day in his treatment room, he saw that what was presenting as physical pain was rarely just structural. The body revealed psycho-spiritual patterns—grief carried in the shoulders, shame in the gut, fear in the jaw—that needed more than manual correction. To touch the body without touching these deeper layers would only skim the surface of healing.
The Divine Therapy
This insight was shaped by his own story. James grew up in the midst of violence and trauma, and without finding a path of radical healing he would have carried that inheritance of suffering forward. Searching for truth across many traditions—Zen, Daoist, Buddhist, Hindu, Sufi—he unexpectedly found his way to a Christian contemplative meditation group.
Under the guidance of Father Patrick, a Trappist monk from the Huntsville monastery, and through the container of a group meeting in noble silence, he discovered what Thomas Keating called the divine therapy: a prayer that heals from within, beyond the control of the ego. This slow process of healing deepened his clinical work.
In time, clients began seeking him out not just for bodywork but for talk therapy, energy work, and spiritual direction. What began as structural integration sessions often unfolded into conversations about meaning, purpose, or vocation, accompanied by moments of silence that were as transformational as any manual therapy.
James also began teaching—serving as the director of the student clinic at Myotherapy College, offering meditation groups in recovery centers, and later guiding restorative movement classes in senior centers.
Somatic Therapy
James first encountered somatic movement in an intimate circle devoted to entering presence through the body. He later wove it into his private practice, guiding clients to let their bodies move as they needed—to honor pain, release stored emotion, and touch trauma beyond words. From there he began teaching groups, ranging from restorative practices for aging or injured bodies to dynamic free-flow classes. These classes and 1:1 private sessions help remind people that meditation is not only found on the cushion but can also be entered through breath, gesture, and mindful flow.
His Work Now
Across these years, James has walked with an extraordinary range of people: construction workers and union members, executives and CEOs, competitive athletes and bodybuilders, doctors and psychiatrists, couples on the brink of separation, families touched by violence, children carrying trauma, and elders approaching death. He has counseled church leaders and counselors—including those in traditions far from his own—who entrusted him with their inner life. His unique ability to reinterpret familiar religious concepts allows clients to experience these truths anew, connecting them to their daily lives in practical and meaningful ways. Again and again, his work is about meeting people where they’re at—holding presence until what is hidden can be brought into light.
Here is a safe enough space to let all your weight down.
Connect with Us
Location
6672 Shetland Cir
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Phone
James (801) 808-9591
Kayla (714) 345-5360