About James
James Farley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and addiction. He focuses on practical steps people can use right away. He invites clients to build on their own strengths and take steady steps toward better days.
James spends sessions listening first, then helping people map out small changes. He keeps talk clear and direct. He encourages realistic goals and practices clients can use between sessions to reduce worry and improve sleep.
Background and approach
With ten years of experience, James has worked with a wide range of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, and coping with life changes. He also addresses attachment issues, codependency, substance use problems, and caregiver stress. His approach adapts to the concern at hand rather than following a single formula.
James uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside existential ideas and hypnotherapy tools. He explains techniques in plain language and helps people choose what feels useful. Sessions aim to be collaborative - James and the client decide what to try next based on results.
People working with James can expect straightforward guidance, practical exercises, and attention to daily routines like sleep and work-life balance. He supports clients in building skills for better coping, clearer communication, and more reliable emotional regulation.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
James draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build effective coping skills. CBT focuses on identifying and adjusting thought patterns that feed anxiety and low mood, and it offers concrete exercises for sleep, worry, and routines. DBT emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication skills for managing intense feelings and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. James works with clients to test techniques, track what works, and adjust the plan based on goals and preferences. He explains options in plain language and encourages trial and feedback so the direction of therapy fits each person's needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls make it possible to meet face to face when schedules or distance are a barrier. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief updates, ongoing coaching, or quick skill practice between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy lives while still working on anxiety, stress, and related concerns.
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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