Licensed Professional Counselor
James Trone
Individual | Couples | Intensives
Nashville & Chattanooga
About
Over a decade of
therapeutic practice
James Trone is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC-MHSP) seeing clients in the Nashville and Chattanooga areas. His work focuses on anxiety, depression, trauma, codependency, and addiction.
He has received training in addiction counseling, trauma (Brainspotting and EMDR), and marriage therapy (Emotionally Focused Therapy). In addition to his clinical work, he has written a book and developed a curriculum called The Holland Method, and recorded a series of meditations under the name Dawnos.
M.A. Counseling -- Trevecca
M.A. Theological Studies -- Reformed Theological Seminary
B.S. Finance -- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Philosophy
Symptoms are
signals, not the
root problem.
Over the past 14 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor, my work has evolved from treating addiction and recovery to focusing on deeper trauma work. I have come to view symptoms like anxiety, depression, and addiction not as the root problem, but as signals of unprocessed pain -- often rooted in earlier life experiences.
While talk therapy can be helpful, I have found that real, lasting change often requires going deeper and equipping clients with practical tools they can use in everyday life, outside of the therapy office.
That's why I created The Holland Method -- a supportive framework for clients to engage in their healing between sessions. It blends psychology, spirituality, and somatic practices into a flexible path and daily practice. Whether it's reconnecting to the body, shifting limiting thought patterns, or moving through resistance and grief, this method offers clear, accessible tools to support meaningful integration and transformation.
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
Areas of Practice
A depth-oriented approach to lasting change
Trauma Focused Work
Part of the work is knowing your own story, identifying patterns and ways you have been uniquely wounded that alter the reality of the present moment. It is when we haven't processed our pain that we often reenact unprocessed traumas in our current lives.
Schema Therapy
Models of Self
It is our negative thinking patterns that cause us pain and suffering. But oftentimes it's not only our thinking but the emotions and felt sense that keep us in negative behavioral patterns. Schema therapy helps identify one's negative patterns so one can then make changes.
Meditation Work
At its core, meditation is simply the practice of being present with oneself. There are many forms -- walking, painting, writing poetry, and the more traditional sitting practices. In my therapeutic work, meditation is a foundational tool helping clients return to the present moment.
Somatic Body Work
The focus is on coming back to the body rather than living in one's thinking. Somatic practice is knowing where you are feeling emotions and sensations in the body and connecting back to oneself, versus a pseudo-dissociative state that occurs when we are caught up in thinking over being.
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction is not about directing and changing one's faith or religious preferences. Rather, it is to allow yourself room to sit with the spiritual questions that arise within you. The therapeutic space is very helpful to sit in the place of deep silence.
Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families
ACA work is very helpful in healing the inner child and childhood traumas. Many who identify with ACA did not grow up in alcoholic homes. Rather, it was experiences of dysfunction. This is some of the most rewarding work.
Contemplative Practice
Dawnos
dawnos.coA contemplative and creative platform exploring healing, awareness, meditation, and conscious living. Dawnos is a series of guided meditations and reflective practices designed to support presence, stillness, and inner clarity.
Framework & Workbook
The Holland Method
www.hollandmethod.co
A structured self-actualization framework and workbook. The Holland Method blends psychology, spirituality, and somatic practices into a flexible path and daily practice -- equipping clients with practical tools for meaningful integration and transformation between sessions and beyond.
Contact
Get in touch
If you are seeking therapy or have questions about the process, please feel free to reach out by email or phone.
Location
Nashville | Chattanooga
In-person & Telehealth available
Phone
(615) 601-1334