James Poteet, MSW, LGSW

Bilingual in American Sign Language (ASL) and
written English, James Poteet, MSW, LGSW is a
Clinical Trainee providing online therapy to
Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing individuals,
couples, and families of all ages across
Minnesota as of January 2025.

Passionate about integrating disability-led,
queer-informed, and trauma-informed liberatory
practices in behavioral health care, James
strives to facilitate empowerment for clients in
creative self-expression, attunement, and
moving forward. He is interested in combining
various techniques of Narrative Therapy,
Solution-Focused Therapy, motivational
interviewing, and visual tools (i.e., sand tray,
art).

James welcomes new clients for substance use
disorders, domestic violence and abuse, grief,
loss, familial estrangement, trauma (religious
and non-religious), self-harm, depression,
ADHD, dissociative experiences, and navigating
illness/disability or LGBTQ+ identities.
During his MSW internship at Gender Health
Center in Sacramento, California, James
received training in Queer-Informed Narrative
Therapy and harm reduction. He also has had
Deaf-centered training in domestic violence from
DeafHope and worked with Deaf survivors of
domestic violence.

For over a decade in the social services sector,
James served Deaf adults—primarily in systems
navigation, employment services, client
advocacy, and case management—including
LGBTQ+ and BIPOC clients, as well as those
with language/information deprivation. James
earned his Master’s degree from California
State University, Sacramento in 2024, which is
also where he graduated with his Bachelor’s
degree in Psychology in 2017.

In his free time James enjoys pet sitting for his
neighbors, quality time with his partner and
friends, creative writing, the outdoors, and
intermittent road trips.

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