Prof. Jamilia James, LPC

Prof. Jamilia James, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), is a structured and results-oriented service provider who organizes priorities to meet organizational goals within expected timeframes and budgets. She brings focused clinical skills to work with individuals, groups, and facilities, concentrating on populations that include older adults, adolescents, people with developmental disabilities, and those living with serious mental health conditions.

Known for clear communication and cultural sensitivity, Prof. James builds rapport across diverse communities while fostering teamwork and collaboration. Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns - including stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, intimacy and parenting challenges, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, anger, career transitions, bipolar disorder, depression, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes - and she also works with related areas such as attachment and caregiving issues, adoption and foster care, body image, and co-morbidity.

Prof. James uses an integrative approach tailored to each person, drawing from modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative and Psychodynamic approaches, Solution-Focused and Somatic therapies, and trauma-focused methods. She provides services in English and practices from her base in New Jersey.