Jim Struve, LCSW has been a practicing social worker since 1976. He is currently a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Salt Lake City, providing psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, and groups. He also provides supervision and consultation services to other clinicians.

With special attention to mindful presence in the healing relationship, Jim works with a wide range of client issues: trauma (including male and female survivors of sexual victimization), relationship enhancement (including issues such as intimacy, assertiveness, identity, gender, self-esteem, and sexuality), healthy life choices, fostering resilience, conflict resolution, parenting, addiction recovery, and dissociative disorders (including Dissociative Identity Disorder). He is trained in NET™ (Neuro Emotional Technique – a mind-body approach to enhance therapeutic healing).

Jim’s professional career reflects a wide range of clinical skills. In 1970 he founded The Center for Conflict Resolution in Madison, WI, where he worked as Director until mid-1975. During the fall of 1975, he was a Visiting Faculty for the Peace & Conflict Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh.  From 1976 until 1986 he worked in a variety of agency settings: Caseworker, Emergency Services Unit for Child Protective Services (1976 – 1980), Fulton County (GA.) Department of Family and Children Services; Social Worker (1980 – 1982), Southern Christian Children’s Home, Atlanta; Social Worker (1982 – 1984) & Director of Social Services (1984 – 1986), CPC Parkwood Psychiatric Hospital, Atlanta; Director of Social Services (1986 – 1988), Ridgeview Institute (Psychiatric & Chemical Dependency Treatment), Atlanta. Jim maintained a part-time private practice from 1981 until 1988. He transitioned to full-time private practice in 1988 as a founding partner of Metropolitan Psychotherapy Associates in Atlanta. In 2003, he re-located to Salt Lake City, where he remains in full-time private practice.

Throughout his adult life, Jim has embraced an active commitment to community service by volunteering with numerous nonprofit community agencies. From 1971 – 1973 he served on the Executive Committee of the Consortium on Peace Research, Education, & Development (University of Colorado); from 1988 – 1989 he was a member of the Board of Directors for Men Stopping Violence (Atlanta, GA); from 1988 – 1989 he was Chairperson for the Georgia Council on Child Abuse Advisory Committee (Atlanta, GA); from 1997 – 2001 he was a member of the Atlanta Psychotherapy Guild, serving as Chairperson of the Membership Directory Committee (1997 – 2000) and as Co-President for the Board of Directors from 1999 – 2000 (Atlanta, GA.); from 1995 – 2003 he was a member of the Faculty for the Metropolitan Counseling Services and he served as Administrative Director from 2000 – 2002  (Atlanta, GA.); from 1997 – 2003 he was a member of the Board of Directors for Positive Impact and he served as Board President from 2001 – 2003 (Atlanta, GA.); since 2004 he has been a Ski Ranger with the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation (Salt Lake City, UT.); in 2005 he pioneered the LGBTQ Affirmative Psychotherapists Guild of Utah and from 2005 until the present he has served as Coordinator for this group (Utah).

Jim has a long history of active involvement in the development of resources for men who have been sexually abused. He was the Conference Chairperson for the 1989 International Conference, "The Male Survivor: Assessment & Treatment of the Male Survivor of Sexual Abuse" (Atlanta, GA.); from 1989 – 1997 he was Clinical Supervisor & Workshop Trainer for the Georgia Council on Child Abuse (Atlanta, GA.); he was a Founding Board Member in 1992, a member of the Board of Directors from 1992 – 1997, and Chairperson for the Board of Directors from 1992 – 1993 for the National Organization On Male Sexual Victimization (Washington, D.C.); since 2003 – Present he has been a member of the Facilitator Staff for the “Male Survivor Weekends of Recovery,” Male Survivor: the National Organization Against Male Sexual Victimization (United States & Canada).

Jim regularly conducts workshops and groups and he has several publications about topics related to male sexual abuse. Included in his publications are: "Dancing With The Patriarchy: The Politics of Sexual Abuse", in: Hunter, Mic (Ed.). The Sexually Abused Male, Volume 1: Prevalence, Impact, & Treatment. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1990 and The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy, co-author with Mic Hunter, October 1997, Sage Publications.

Jim maintains a long-time collaboration with his friend and colleague, Joanna Colrain, who practices in Atlanta.  Together, they offer workshops on Mindful Presence in Psychotherapy™ and other opportunities for clinicians that emphasize the intersection of personal realization, spiritual growth, and professional integrity.

In addition to his professional clinical activities, Jim maintains a commitment to physical health thru active participation in a variety of outdoor and recreational pursuits, including running, skiing, biking, backpacking, and gardening. He has successfully completed 24 marathons and is a 7-time Boston Marathon Finisher. He won 2 Gold Medals at the 1994 Unity Games in New York City (1st place Masters Finisher for the 10K and Marathon Races). Jim has hiked or rafted the Grand Canyon 3 times and he has completed 3 ascents of Mt. Rainier.

In recent years, Jim has begun to incorporate mindfulness and outdoor therapeutic activities into his clinical practice. He has successfully guided blind skiers and he regularly includes physical challenge experiences when he facilitates weekend retreats. Upon request, he is available to design client-centered therapeutic endeavors that utilize the outdoor modalities of skiing, hiking, snowshoeing, and/or outdoor mindfulness activities.