About James
James Hagins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 31 years of experience helping people through difficult life moments. He focuses on clear, practical support so clients can find steadier footing when life feels overwhelming. He helps people facing grief, depression, stress, anxiety, and losses in work or relationships.
He also supports those dealing with parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. Sessions are aimed at making daily life more manageable and meaningful.
How James works
James uses straightforward talk therapy approaches. He draws on client-centered work to follow the client’s lead and CBT to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also brings existential and psychodynamic perspectives when deeper life questions or past patterns are relevant.
Over three decades in practice, he has worked with people navigating midlife changes, retirement concerns, first responder and veteran stress, and fatherhood issues. He also has experience with adoption and foster care topics, end-of-life concerns, and recovery from trauma and abuse. James offers sessions from Colorado and conducts therapy in English.
He accepts international clients and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Getting started is done by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits. He aims to be a steady presence while clients set goals and try new ways of coping.
The focus is on practical steps, clearer communication, and rebuilding a sense of purpose.
James lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What James works with
The areas below are the ones James selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Approaches for online therapy and practical help
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person as they experience life. It gives the client space to lead sessions while the therapist reflects what matters most, which helps with grief, identity questions, and finding direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replaces them with more effective ways of thinking and acting. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and practical everyday problems.
Existential therapy looks at meaning, purpose, and the big questions people face. It can help when someone is wrestling with life transitions, midlife concerns, or a sense of emptiness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit goals, personality, and the issues at hand. Together they try approaches, adjust as needed, and focus on what helps most.
Online formats offer flexibility and easier access to regular sessions. Video calls allow more face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging lets someone communicate between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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