James Santos, MDiv, MA, MFT

James Santos, MFT is a corporate chaplain and minister providing pastoral counseling to individuals and organizations. He is also a AEDP Level III and member of the AEDP Diversity, Belonging, Equity and Inclusion (DBEI) Committee and consultant for the Racialized Trauma and Spirituality in AEDP Exploratory Group. James has worked in many multicultural settings in downtown Louisville, KY and led trips internationally where he provided pastoral care, consultation, and education, helping groups navigate new cultural and spiritual experiences.

His pastoral and therapeutic posture is a healing-oriented, mind-body experiential therapy with roots in affective neuroscience, attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, emotion theory, transformational studies, somatically based trauma studies, psychodynamic, relational psychoanalysis, and positive neuroplasticity studies. He received theological training at Southern Seminary and is a non-staff minister for pastoral care at Sojourn North Church in Goshen, KY.  James’ heart is passionate about helping to advocate for and guide others on the journey of self-clarity, emotional healing, relational integrity, and spiritual vitality.