About James
James Farley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, substance concerns, and ADHD-related struggles. He approaches hard moments with steady support and practical steps. He emphasizes strengths and works alongside clients to move toward clearer goals.
He keeps sessions straightforward and focused. James uses techniques that help change unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. He also includes tools for emotion regulation and managing intense reactions when those come up.
Background and approach
Over ten years of practice shaped his style. He blends evidence-backed methods with a down-to-earth tone. That means clients can expect concrete exercises and real-world strategies to try between sessions.
James pays attention to how past hurts affect present choices. He helps people name patterns that cause pain and then experiment with different ways of responding. He also brings brief hypnotherapy techniques when they fit a client’s goals and comfort level.
He works with career stress, relationship strain, sleep problems, parenting pressures, and feelings of low self-worth. Sessions often include skill practice, problem-solving, and planning small steps that feel doable. James invites people to set the pace and to shape therapy around their priorities.
People who want straightforward guidance and practical tools may find his approach helpful. He speaks English and provides sessions using several online formats to fit busy schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
James often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety, depression, sleep trouble, or ADHD-related challenges. It focuses on practical steps and exercises that can be practiced between sessions. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for strong moods, anger, and relationship strain.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. James will talk with each person about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. He invites feedback and works with clients to choose methods that fit their needs and preferences rather than applying a single method to everyone.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera, live chat can be a shorter way to check in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins and brief coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- 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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