About James
Dr. James Kraut is a Florida psychologist with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. He works with people facing compassion fatigue, burnout, and addiction concerns.
He also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep and eating problems, and attention-related struggles like ADHD. Dr. Kraut keeps sessions straightforward and focused on practical change.
He treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on.
How James works
Conversations aim to identify small steps that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. His background spans three decades of clinical work in Florida as a FL Psychologist PY4990. That experience includes supporting people dealing with trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and panic attacks.
He also has a long history of helping those facing family-of-origin issues, divorce and separation, and blended family challenges. Dr. Kraut works with people on career stress, parenting strains, fatherhood issues, and the complex feelings that follow infidelity, guilt, or shame.
He supports those coping with isolation, emptiness, or grief and helps people rebuild intimacy and self-esteem. Sessions are practical and collaborative. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts strategies to match each person's goals and life situation.
The tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people make steady, realistic progress.
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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | FL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Dr. Kraut uses proven, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms. These strategies often include homework between sessions to practice new skills.Problem-solving and coaching-style methods help people handle life changes, career pressures, and parenting challenges by breaking large problems into manageable steps. This practical work is useful for compassion fatigue, burnout, and addiction recovery planning.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He works with each person to match techniques to their goals, preferences, and daily life. Together they review what works and adjust methods as therapy progresses to keep efforts focused and useful.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video is often used for full sessions, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can serve for brief check-ins or when typing is easier. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and maintain progress despite busy or changing routines.
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