About James
James Wells offers straightforward therapy for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. He introduces a calm, practical approach so conversations stay focused and useful. James is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida with ten years of professional experience in counseling and mental health work.
He helps with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. He also supports people facing life changes, struggles with intimacy or relationships, anger, low self-esteem, and career questions.
Background and approach
Additional areas include codependency, communication problems, control issues, hoarding, and mood or obsessive concerns. Sessions aim to clarify where someone is now and where they want to be. James describes his role as a guide - helping clients map the route from point A to point B.
Conversations blend practical problem solving with attention to emotions and daily habits. His work draws on client-centered conversation, cognitive behavior ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques. That mix lets him tailor sessions to a person’s pace and goals, using skills practice and short-term problem solving when useful.
People who prefer clear steps, straightforward feedback, and a calm, coaching style often find this approach helpful. James works with adults by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
James blends cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work to make online sessions practical and focused. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with smaller experiments and new skills that reduce anxiety, mood swings, and panic. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding so the person feels heard and their goals guide each session.He also uses dialectical behavior therapy strategies when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT techniques teach concrete skills for handling strong feelings, improving communication, and reducing impulsive behavior. Together these approaches help with addictions, relationship problems, mood disorders, and everyday stressors by offering both skill-building and supportive conversation.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick approaches that match their needs, goals, and comfort level, and will adjust over time based on progress. Sessions happen through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well for those with lower bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English