About James
James "Chad" Settle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who lives and practices in Kentucky. He brings eight years of hands-on experience in social work and mental health settings. Chad speaks plain language and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Chad helps people who are dealing with stress and anxiety. He also supports parents who are worn out by daily demands. He works with people who struggle with anger, low self-esteem, or big life changes.
Background and approach
His background includes work with state child and family services and local schools in the region. That experience shaped his understanding of how systems affect everyday life. He draws on those years to help people navigate complicated situations and paperwork when needed.
In sessions he uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build coping skills and improve communication. He focuses on clear goals and small steps that add up over time. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what a person needs now.
Chad believes growth happens through steady effort, practical tools, and encouragement. He aims to help people find more balance, better ways to manage emotions, and a clearer sense of direction. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Chad uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional regulation. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches coping strategies for stress and anxiety, such as breathing, thought management, and stepwise problem solving. These methods help people gain tools they can use between sessions.Another frequent focus is communication and behavioral strategies for parenting and relationship challenges. This approach looks at concrete ways to change patterns, set boundaries, and improve how people talk and connect with one another. It is useful for blended family issues, attachment concerns, and codependency patterns.
Finding the best approach is a partnership. Chad will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan over time. The work is collaborative and tailored to preferences and needs rather than a fixed recipe.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing brief contact. These options help make therapy more flexible while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English