James Yates
Helping people reconnect with themselves
About James
James Yates is a BACP counsellor who helps people find a clearer sense of self and steadier emotional footing. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. Conversations are straightforward and focused on what matters most to the person in front of him.
James uses a person-centred way of working that keeps the client’s experience at the heart of sessions. That means he listens carefully, reflects back what he hears, and supports people to notice what they already know about themselves.
Background and approach
This approach is often helpful for issues such as low self-esteem, grief, trauma and intimacy-related difficulties. Over three years he has supported people facing a range of life challenges, including anger, career uncertainty, coping with change and ADHD-related struggles. He also works with concerns like abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image and communication problems.
James pays particular attention to shame, guilt and the feelings that can follow separation or domestic violence. Sessions combine steady listening with practical conversation. James aims to help people rediscover personal values and build coping strategies they can use outside sessions.
He encourages small experiments in everyday life so progress feels achievable rather than overwhelming. Clients can expect an accepting, paced approach that focuses on their priorities. James meets people where they are and helps them find clearer choices about relationships, work and wellbeing.
What James works with
Sessions & fees
Person-centred care and online therapy options
James works from a person-centred perspective that centres the client’s experience. That approach means sessions focus on listening, understanding and helping people find their own solutions. It is often useful for emotional concerns like low self-esteem, grief, relationship difficulties and trauma.He also pays attention to attachment and relational patterns, helping people notice how past relationships shape current reactions. This helps with issues such as abandonment, codependency and communication problems by identifying patterns and testing small changes in everyday life.
Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. James will discuss different ways of working and decide together what fits best with a person’s goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative process means the plan can change as progress becomes clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging works well for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, caring or travel commitments, and can help therapy fit into a busy life.
| 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
