- Licensed inNew Jersey
- License37PC00738600
- NPI 1588251292
- Experience6+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Jamilia
Prof. Jamilia James is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey. She draws on six years of clinical practice to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes.
She uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current patterns. That helps when people struggle with intimacy, trust, abandonment concerns, or communication problems. She also works with mood challenges such as bipolar disorder and grief related to loss.
Background and approach
Her approach blends practical tools and empathic listening. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports people who want to clarify values and build small, meaningful changes.
Prof. James also draws on client-centered and emotionally-focused work to create a space where people feel heard and respected. She pays attention to issues like parenting stress, caregiver strain, addictions, eating concerns, and trauma and abuse.
Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and body image struggles. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. Therapy can be scheduled in formats that include video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled based on therapist availability.
Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00738600 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1588251292 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jamilia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jamilia names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and ACT translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape present patterns and feelings. Online sessions let the therapist and client look at how trust, closeness, and communication show up now and practice new ways of relating through conversation and exercises. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and move toward what matters in their lives. In remote sessions ACT can be used to set small, value-driven goals and build everyday habits that reduce avoidance.The right approach is often found together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides whether more attachment work, ACT, CBT techniques, or emotionally-focused tools are emphasized during online meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions are flexible when bandwidth or hands-free movement is needed. Live chat and text messaging can suit brief check-ins, progress notes, or shorter appointments between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while still working on relationship patterns, mood, and life transitions.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, addictions, eating concerns, anger, career shifts, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work blends attachment-based ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, plus client-centered and emotionally-focused methods to match each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns and populations in New Jersey settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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