James Walter McClung, LPC

James Walter McClung is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 5 years of professional experience. He frames his work around the idea that each person carries a story about what they have done and what has been done to them, and he listens for how those narratives shape identity, behavior, and relationships. He helps people explore parts of their histories they wish they could revise, and he pays close attention to the messages clients have accepted about themselves and how those messages continue to influence daily life.

McClung brings a person-centered approach to therapy, grounded in the belief that individuals often hold the answers they seek. His role is to support and empower clients as they discover practical pathways to live more fully. He has particular experience supporting people managing stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, fatherhood concerns, first responder issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, men’s issues, veteran and armed forces concerns, post-traumatic stress, and process addictions such as problematic pornography use, exercise, or gambling.

As a Colorado-licensed LPC - which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, a state credential for counseling practice - McClung blends empathy with collaboration. He describes the therapeutic relationship as a shared journey rather than a one-way provision of answers, and he seeks to walk alongside clients as they clarify values, build skills, and pursue change on their own terms.