About James
James McFeely is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps parents and adults can use right away. He keeps sessions straightforward and goal-oriented.
Conversations look at what is causing worry or low mood and what small changes could help. He supports people dealing with relationship strain, self-esteem problems, and coping after separation or loss.
Background and approach
James also addresses a wide range of related struggles. These include abandonment feelings, attachment concerns, codependency, communication problems, and patterns tied to avoidant or dependent personality traits. He works with people facing chronic pain, illness, addiction, dissociation, or disruptive mood issues.
With three years of experience, he uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. That means choosing tools and exercises that fit each person’s situation rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. He explains options and helps clients pick what feels right.
Sessions are offered in English and can be done online by video, phone, live chat, or messaging. James accepts international clients and will work with each person to find a workable schedule and format for their needs.
Approaches that fit online therapy
James uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. Cognitive methods help people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood, using simple exercises and real-life practice. Behavioral strategies concentrate on action - building routines, activity scheduling, and gradual exposure to reduce avoidance and increase confidence. He also draws on relationship-focused work to improve communication skills and boundary-setting in strained interactions.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through options, explain how each method could address a person’s goals, and adapt plans based on what feels helpful. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to try and adjust them over time.
Online sessions offer flexibility that many people need. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and shared worksheets, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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