About James
James White is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama who brings 15 years of experience to sessions. He focuses on practical skills and steady progress so people can manage overwhelming feelings and daily demands. James uses clear, skills-based strategies to help people with anxiety, stress, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.
He also supports those coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, and struggles with intimacy or self-esteem. Sessions are aimed at building specific tools that make day-to-day life easier.
Background and approach
In therapy James combines approaches such as dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness to address thinking patterns and emotional reactions. He works with people to identify small, reachable goals and practices to try between sessions. This helps progress feel tangible rather than abstract.
He has considerable experience with personality disorders, bipolar disorder, and people facing caregiving stress, first responder issues, or HIV/AIDS related concerns. James also assists people navigating non-monogamous relationships, codependency, and commitment questions with practical communication and boundary work. His style is straightforward and collaborative.
He helps clients learn skills for managing anger, sleeping problems, addictive behaviors, and compassion fatigue. The focus is on building tools that people can use in real life, day by day.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
James commonly uses dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. DBT focuses on teaching concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts affect behavior and mood and offers step-by-step techniques to change unhelpful patterns.He also uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while choosing actions that match their values. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and chat or messaging fit quick updates or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent work on skills between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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