James French
Practical counselling for life's difficult moments
About James
James French offers straightforward support for people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress and major life changes. He meets individuals who need a calm, practical space to talk through difficult feelings and decide what matters next. James uses clear, down-to-earth language and aims to make each session feel manageable and focused.
He works from a mix of established approaches to help people notice thoughts and act on what matters. Sessions often include simple exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and to build small, steady habits.
Background and approach
James also pays attention to relationship patterns and how early attachments shape current struggles. With three years of experience, James brings practical experience rather than lengthy theory. He holds BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy registration, which is listed as his credential.
This underpins his professional practice in the United Kingdom. Therapy with him tends to be collaborative. People set aims together and try out different ways of coping between sessions.
Progress is tracked in small steps so change feels do-able rather than overwhelming. He is comfortable supporting a wide range of concerns including trauma, grief, addictions, bipolar mood issues, parenting stress and work-related pressure. James also works with identity issues such as LGBT matters and body image.
Sessions are delivered in English and he accepts international clients.
What James works with
How James works
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Sessions & fees
How James applies therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, depression and life transitions to help clients build meaningful routines rather than get stuck in worry. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and uses practical exercises to change patterns that maintain distress. It is commonly applied to anxiety, sleep problems and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns that began early in life and helps people understand how those patterns show up now in connections and intimacy-related issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. James will discuss different methods with clients and together decide what fits best with their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision can shift as therapy progresses, so methods can be adjusted if something isn’t helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy lives. Video is useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone calls need less bandwidth and can suit shorter check-ins, and messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, travel and daily demands while trying new coping strategies.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
