Therapist profile
Prof. Jamilia James, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and relationship concerns
Continue with JamiliaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Attachment work
About Jamilia
Prof. Jamilia James is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, parenting, addiction, trauma and grief. She also lists work with mood concerns like depression and bipolar, as well as eating and anger issues.
James draws on several practical therapy styles to help people untangle day-to-day problems. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns that keep problems going. She applies acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice difficult thoughts and still act toward personal values. Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationships shape present difficulties in intimacy and communication.
Her background includes work across settings with older adults, adolescents, developmentally disabled people, and those with serious mental illness. That experience contributes to a focus on caregiver stress, aging issues, and blended family concerns. She also lists attention to adoption and foster care topics, abandonment, and codependency.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. James helps people talk through current problems, develop clearer communication, and set manageable goals. She combines active listening with tools drawn from the therapies she uses to help people make small, steady changes.
For someone juggling parenting or difficult family contact, she frames therapy as problem-focused work you can fit into a busy life. If you want to schedule a meeting, follow the online therapy options to complete a short matching questionnaire and book a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. This can help with anxiety, stress, and decisions about parenting or relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete tools for changing unhelpful patterns, which many people find useful for mood, anxiety, and anger concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints and then suggest which methods to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to test what feels most useful and to adjust direction over time.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people choose remote sessions because they fit a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or remove travel time. Licensed professionals commonly use practical tools from ACT and CBT in remote meetings to focus on communication, coping skills, and small behavioral changes that fit into everyday life.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, addiction, trauma, grief, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and related topics like body image and caregiver stress.
What is her typical approach in sessions?
She uses a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work to address practical problems and communication patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience as an LPC and additional background working with older adults, adolescents, developmentally disabled people, and those with serious mental illness.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed as an LPC in New Jersey.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to people outside the US?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she use?
Current session formats are not specified here; please confirm the available online session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to meet with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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