About James
James Greenwald is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use in day-to-day life. James aims to make therapy relatable and useful right from the first session.
He draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and narrative work to help people notice patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on skills practice, noticing thoughts and feelings, and clarifying personal values. James encourages short-term goals alongside deeper, long-term work. James has around six years of counseling experience and has worked in a range of settings.
That experience informs a flexible style that blends listening with concrete tools. He often uses mindfulness and client-centered techniques to help people feel heard while learning new ways to cope. People come to him for help with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, sleep problems, career issues, and challenges around intimacy and communication.
He also supports those wrestling with life purpose, attachment wounds, impulsivity, and isolation. Sessions aim to reduce immediate distress and build practical habits that stick. James describes therapy as a collaborative process.
He helps people name what matters to them, map out small changes, and practice those changes between sessions. The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How his approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that move a person toward those values while accepting difficult emotions. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which is useful for impulsivity, anger, and relationship struggles. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and nonjudgmental listening so people feel understood and can explore their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. James will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their goals and temperament, and he adapts the plan as progress unfolds. The first sessions often focus on immediate concerns, then shift toward skill-building and values-based actions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or text work well for ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, parenting, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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