ZANKER MUSIC ARTS THERAPY

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EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: “THE HIGH HAT HEALER”……JANUARY 2016   …..Creative Healing 

JAMES AUGUST ZANKER  /  ZANKER COUNSELING SERVICES (ZCS/ZMT) ZANKER MUSIC ARTS THERAPY…..YOUTUBE: ZANKERMUSICARTSZMT

By: Daniel Seamans, News Anchor For WWAYtv-3 News     

Tags: Extraordinary Person of the WeekJames August ZankerMusic TherapyZanker Counseling Services


   James August Zanker uses Music Arts Therapy in various settings to help troubled youth.

                                                                                                         

CREATIVE  HEALING

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAYtv-3) — ….A child without direction can lead to a life of trouble.  In some cases, they may end up spending more time in jail than at home. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is a Mental Health Counselor. He’s an Addictions Counselor too. He also has a unique way of connecting with troubled youth in our area.  “Up in New Jersey, I was in gospel rock groups,”  James August Zanker told WWAY’s Daniel Seamans…. “We played for 7 years.  I played keyboards and the drums. We played at Juvenile Centers and Churches, and developed this therapy where we’d play and talk to the juveniles after, while having pizza with them.”   After those 7 years working the Juvenile Center and Church Circuit of the Tri-State area up north, he found his way to North Carolina, where he’s been for over 30 years now.  “So I came down here and got a Degree in Psychology from UNCW,”  Zanker said, “and they had a practicum where I was going to the Juvenile Center (in New Hanover County), and it went off…’Wow, why not create my own therapy program?’ So I started calling it Zanker Music Arts Therapy.”   Since moving here, Zanker has spent nearly two decades helping troubled kids in our area….sometimes in his office ZANKER COUNSELING SERVICES, providing LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH and ADDICTIONS THERAPY, in the Historic Downtown Wilmington Cotton Exchange….and sometimes in more unique settings, where he goes to the kids & teens because they can’t come to him. He takes his art, drums, guitars, bass, and keyboards, into Juvenile Centers, Churches & Schools,  With The Goal Of Creating A Goal.

“I always try to encourage them,” Zanker said. “If someone is offering you a chance to play a drumset, (I tell them) take the opportunity, and grab opportunity in life.  There are so many lessons….It’s incredible what you can do to have them chip away at something so they may experience delayed gratification….”   Delayed gratification is the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and, instead, wait for a later reward.  It’s direction for a lost soul.   A road map of sorts to help get the youth on the right path. “You get your hobbies in line, you try a lot of different things, widen the envelope, then all of a sudden you’re not even thinking about the drugs,” Zanker said. “In this case, the juveniles, (not thinking about) the crime OR drugs, they are just looking to do good with their lives.”  That’s not just good, James August Zanker, ….that’s extraordinary!   

Zanker also uses other forms of Therapy, and Creative Healing, like art, in his practice.   

He can help you!

You may speak directly to James by calling (910)791-4478.    You may find more information on his mission and services by clicking on www.zankercounselingservices.com  and find him on YouTube:  zankermusicartszmt

Please look at these interesting sites where James August Zanker is referenced:

Mental Health Issues (Minor – Severe); Substance Abuse Counseling/Assessments; Medication Management; Drug Court; Crisis Counseling; Anxiety; Depression; Trauma; Insecurities; Self Doubt; Wellness Maintenance; Troubled Youths; Bullying; Gaining Perspectives; Grief;PTSD; Individual/Relationship & Family Problems;  Life Changes and Challenges; Psychological Healing From Physical // Emotional // Sexual // Mental Abuse; Meaning of Life Issues; Aging Issues; Confidence Building; Life Coaching; DSS Child & Adult Services Resolution; Self -Harm;Motivational Speaking At Schools & Juvenile Centers With Music Therapy,(25 Years Experience!).

Call “James” For FREE PsychoTherapy Consult: (910) 791-4478

PLEASE  LOOK  AT  THESE   INTERESTING  AND  HELPFUL  THERAPEUTIC  ALLIANCES;  SITES; RESOURCES:

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THERAPEUTIC   AFFILIATES:

zankermusicartszmt YouTube channel

WWAY-TV3;   WILMINGTON  STAR  NEWS;   WECT-6;  WAVE-RADIO 98.0AM;  UNCW, (UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA  AT  WILMINGTON);  UNCP, (UNIVERSITY  OF NORTH  CAROLINA  AT  PEMBROKE);  CFCC (CAPE  FEAR  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE;  HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON;  HISTORIC COTTON EXCHANGE OF DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON, NC;  WILMINGTON ENGINEER’S CLUB;  ACA (AMERICAN  COUNSELING  ASSOCIATION);  APA (AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC  ASSOCIATION);   WILMINGTON DOWNTOWN;   ALCOLHOLICS ANONYMOUS;  NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS;  HOLISTIC HEALING ARTS;  OPIOID DEPENDENCY TREATMENT; 

OPIOID AND  ALCOHOL  DEPENDENCY TREATMENT;  LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS AND  AFFILIATIONS  WITH HARM REDUCTION PSYCHO-PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT;

DR.  NJAPA AT  COASTALMD’S;       

DR.  ODIBO  AT  ODIBO  MEDICAL GROUP; 

PELICAN  FAMILY  MEDICINE

WRIGHTSVILLE  FAMILY  PRACTICE

NHRMC (NEW  HANOVER  REGIONAL  MEDICAL   CENTER);   

WHA (WILMINGTON HEALTH ASSOCIATES);   

WTC (WILMINGTON TREATMENT CENTER); 

COASTAL  HORIZONS  CENTERS;

TRILLIUM  HEALTH  RESOURCES;

W.H.A.T.  CLINIC;

LOCAL  WILMINGTON,  NORTH  CAROLINA  THERAPEUTIC  HEALTH  RESOURCES:

Disability Resource Center   drc-cil.org

Cape Fear Community Acupuncture   capefearacupuncture.com

Vocational Rehabilitation    ncdhhs.gov/dvrs/vroffices.htm

Wilmington Treatment Center     wilmingtontreatmentcenter.crchealth.com

The Harbour Detox Services     rhabehavioralhealth.org/uploads/…/Harbor%20Brochure(1).pdf​​

Harvest of Wilmington     harvestofwilmington.com

Open Gate     domesticviolence-wilm.org

Rape Crisis     supportrcc.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxsat81GDRI

http://www.wwaytv3.com/2016/01/20/extraordinary-people-the-high-hat-healer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEU6937TOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7mB3ii7b70&t=40s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtDtpvwaGaQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrvM1NGHYxw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2bg0Hk–_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn44p6LoiuQ

http://www.yellowpages.com/wilmington-nc/zanker-counseling-services-zcs-zmt-james-august-zanker-ma-lpc-ncc-lcas-csots

https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/name/A%2BZanker+Counseling%3A+Mental+Health,_Wilmington_North+Carolina_124909

http://www.wilmingtondowntown.com/go/zanker-counseling-services

https://www.allaboutcounseling.com/dir/mental-health-counseling/nc/wilmington/

https://www.salvationarmy.org

 ALCOLHOLICS ANONYMOUS;  NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS;  HOLISTIC HEALING ARTS;

Call James at (910)791-4478 with your questions

 

CREATIVE  HEALING  AT  ZANKER  COUNSELING  SERVICES.

HELPING  WHERE IMPOSSIBLE  IS  POSSIBLE,

EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE: “THE HIGH HAT HEALER”……JANUARY 2016    

JAMES AUGUST ZANKER  /  ZANKER COUNSELING SERVICES (ZCS/ZMT) ZANKER MUSIC ARTS THERAPY…..YOUTUBE:

ZANKERMUSICARTSZMT

By: Daniel Seamans, News Anchor For WWAYtv-3 News     

Tags: Extraordinary Person of the WeekJames August ZankerMusic TherapyZanker Counseling Services


   James August Zanker uses Music Arts Therapy in various settings to help troubled youth.

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAYtv-3) — ….A child without direction can lead to a life of trouble.  In some cases, they may end up spending more time in jail than at home. Our Extraordinary Person of the Week is a Mental Health Counselor. He’s an Addictions Counselor too. He also has a unique way of connecting with troubled youth in our area.  “Up in New Jersey, I was in gospel rock groups,”  James August Zanker told WWAY’s Daniel Seamans…. “We played for 7 years.  I played keyboards and the drums. We played at Juvenile Centers and Churches, and developed this therapy where we’d play and talk to the juveniles after, while having pizza with them.”   After those 7 years working the Juvenile Center and Church Circuit of the Tri-State area up north, he found his way to North Carolina, where he’s been for over 30 years now.  “So I came down here and got a Degree in Psychology from UNCW,”  Zanker said, “and they had a practicum where I was going to the Juvenile Center (in New Hanover County), and it went off…’Wow, why not create my own therapy program?’ So I started calling it Zanker Music Arts Therapy.”   Since moving here, Zanker has spent nearly two decades helping troubled kids in our area….sometimes in his office ZANKER COUNSELING SERVICES, providing LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH and ADDICTIONS THERAPY, in the Historic Downtown Wilmington Cotton Exchange….and sometimes in more unique settings, where he goes to the kids & teens because they can’t come to him. He takes his art, drums, guitars, bass, and keyboards, into Juvenile Centers, Churches & Schools,  With The Goal Of Creating A Goal.

“I always try to encourage them,” Zanker said. “If someone is offering you a chance to play a drumset, (I tell them) take the opportunity, and grab opportunity in life.  There are so many lessons….It’s incredible what you can do to have them chip away at something so they may experience delayed gratification….”   Delayed gratification is the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and, instead, wait for a later reward.  It’s direction for a lost soul.   A road map of sorts to help get the youth on the right path. “You get your hobbies in line, you try a lot of different things, widen the envelope, then all of a sudden you’re not even thinking about the drugs,” Zanker said. “In this case, the juveniles, (not thinking about) the crime OR drugs, they are just looking to do good with their lives.”  That’s not just good, James August Zanker, ….that’s extraordinary!   

Zanker also uses other forms of therapy, like art, in his practice.   

He can help you!

You may speak directly to James by calling (910)791-4478.    You may find more information on his mission and services by clicking on www.zankercounselingservices.com  and find him on YouTube:  zankermusicartszmt