Dr. James Getts, DMin, M.Div., BCPC, IBCC, Major USA (Ret.)

Board-Certified Pastoral Counselor, Combat Veteran & Military Family Advocate

Dr. James Getts is a happily married father of five and has worked in vocational Christian ministry for more than 30 years. He earned a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) with a cognate in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. James is an ordained minister in the state of Georgia, eligible to provide pastoral care, counseling, and religious and sacerdotal services.

He is a Presidential Member of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and is board certified through the International Board of Christian Care (IBCC) as a Board-Certified Pastoral Counselor (BCPC). Dr. Getts has become a respected advocate in the military community and throughout the CSRA as a suicide prevention, assessment, intervention, and recovery (PAIR) certified specialist.

A retired and decorated U.S. Army Major and veteran of deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), one of Dr. Getts’ deepest passions is walking with veterans, active-duty service members, and their families through the unique and often complex challenges of military life.

Dr. Getts has specialty training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), personality disorder identification and management, panic disorders, narcissistic and emotionally abusive relationships and marriages, and healing from narcissistic victim syndrome (NVS) and trauma bonding. As a decorated combat veteran, he is well acquainted with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and has advanced training in combat trauma processing.

He provides pastoral counseling to individuals, couples, and families who are open to integrating clinical insight with faith-informed care. Areas of focus include PTSD, C-PTSD, STSD, sexual trauma, emotional, spiritual, psychological, and physical abuse, betrayal, divorce and divorce recovery, infidelity, anxiety disorders, fear, depression, grief and loss, blending families, toxic anger, and complex life transitions. In addition, James is a certified SYMBIS pre-marital, marital, and second+ marriage facilitator.