About James
Dr. James Guinee helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes. He has worked in counseling for many years and focuses on practical steps that reduce overthinking and irrational beliefs.
He aims for clear, direct conversations that feel calm and respectful. Dr. Guinee spent much of his career in university counseling centers and now works through contract roles with hospitals and employee assistance programs.
Background and approach
He brings 28 years of experience to his work and holds the credential AR Psychologist 97-02P, which indicates his Arkansas psychologist status. In sessions he listens closely, gives straightforward feedback, and encourages honest conversation. He prefers a collaborative approach where goals are agreed on together.
He describes his style as personable and relaxed, and he welcomes feedback about how therapy is going. His work often focuses on thoughts that fuel anxiety and depression, relationship patterns, coping with loss, religious conflict, nightmares, anger, and self-worth concerns. He also addresses attachment and communication problems and issues like codependency and commitment worries.
Dr. Guinee uses several therapeutic approaches that emphasize values, emotions, and practical solutions. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
He also accepts international clients and works in English.
How his approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with their values. It is useful for anxiety, worry, and adjusting to life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotions and patterns in relationships to improve connection and understanding. It can help with relationship distress, communication problems, and attachment issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. This choice is guided by the concerns brought to sessions, how someone responds in therapy, and practical goals they want to reach.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls let people connect face to face, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging allows brief updates or reflections between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and needs while keeping therapy focused on progress and real-world steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English
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