About James
James Wells is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addictions, and life changes. He works with individuals who feel overwhelmed by work, relationships, or identity questions. His style is direct but warm, aimed at practical steps people can use between sessions.
He centers sessions on what the client wants to change and why that matters. James uses clear tools to manage strong emotions and to reduce anxious thinking.
Background and approach
He also supports people working through grief, trauma, and challenges tied to sexuality or caregiving roles. James blends several evidence-informed methods to meet real-life needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thought patterns and on acceptance-based ideas to help clients live by their values.
He also uses attachment-focused work to understand relationship patterns and DBT skills for emotional regulation when needed. James trained and practices as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and has three years of clinical experience. He provides services across Alabama and is available to clients in other regions as noted by platform options.
Sessions are offered in English and can take place through multiple online formats. People who choose James often want straightforward strategies they can try right away. He aims to make therapy useful and understandable so clients can see practical changes in day-to-day life.
Conversations focus on skills, values, and small steps toward steadier functioning.
Approach-driven care that fits online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and still choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. It often involves simple homework and practical exercises between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people change how they relate to others and to themselves.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust strategies based on what helps. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan evolves with their needs and preferences.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different days and situations. Video sessions let people work face-to-face without travel, while phone or text options can fit shorter check-ins, lower bandwidth, or times when being on camera is not ideal. These formats make it easier to keep regular contact and to practice techniques between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Alabama, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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