About James
Dr. James Young is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida with nine years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or major life changes.
He also supports people managing ADHD, addiction concerns, and challenges tied to identity and relationships. He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can share thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize clear goals and practical steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
He works with adults on issues like self-esteem, intimacy-related concerns, and grief. Dr. Young uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
He draws on client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on the client's perspective. He also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors. He has experience with a wide range of concerns, including adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, attachment issues, family-of-origin problems, first responder stress, and gender dysphoria.
He also supports people coping with trauma, substance use, and chronic mood difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Dr.
Young describes the first steps as setting collaborative goals, learning practical tools, and building routines that support long-term change.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Young commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people make concrete changes. Client-centered therapy centers conversations on the client's experience, helping the therapist follow the client's lead and clarify what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing small changes to see what helps.He also uses elements of emotionally-focused and mindfulness approaches as needed to address relationship patterns, trauma responses, and emotion regulation. The therapist treats approach selection as a collaboration; he will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's preferences, and adjust strategies based on what is most helpful for the person.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for people who prefer shorter written exchanges or need flexible ways to touch base between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English