About James
James Davis is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, and addiction. He combines straightforward care with practical strategies to help people manage symptoms and get back to daily life. He takes a trauma-informed approach and uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR to address distressing memories and unhelpful thinking patterns.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused, with concrete tools to try between meetings.
Background and approach
James also draws on attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people understand relationship patterns and build greater self-compassion. He listens for what matters most and adapts the pace and style of therapy to each person’s needs. With ten years of experience, James brings a calm, direct manner to sessions.
He explains options clearly and checks in about what’s helpful as therapy progresses. He works with adults on issues such as grief, parenting stress, intimacy challenges, bipolar mood concerns, career strain, and coping with life changes. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through several online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people see how early relationship patterns affect current connections. Online sessions can use this approach to talk through attachment responses and practice new ways of relating in everyday life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. It works well for anxiety and depression and translates easily to video sessions where homework and thought records can be reviewed together.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method used to process traumatic memories. Parts of EMDR can be adapted for remote work with guided bilateral stimulation and careful pacing during video calls.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. James will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. He aims to match methods to each person’s goals and comfort level rather than imposing a single path.
Online therapy offers flexibility because people can join from wherever they are. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact between appointments. These formats help fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping treatment consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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