About James
James North works as a counsellor in the United Kingdom and brings six years of professional experience to his practice. He holds BACP accreditation, which he uses to guide how he works with people. He aims to make the first step into therapy less daunting and more manageable.
He focuses on relationship and family concerns alongside grief and loss. Many people also come to him for help with self-esteem, motivation and confidence.
How James works
He offers straightforward support for anxiety, stress, depression and recovery from addiction and trauma. James creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk through difficult feelings. Sessions are practical and conversational.
He helps people name issues and try new ways of coping that fit their day-to-day life. His approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. He also uses elements of dialectical behaviour work and emotionally focused methods when these suit a person’s goals.
These approaches shape how he responds rather than forcing a single method on everyone. People often seek him out for parenting strain, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating issues, or help managing life transitions. He also supports those dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, and complex personality-related patterns.
Sessions are offered in English and James meets people online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. He works with each person to agree practical steps and follow-up between meetings when needed.
James lists 10 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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand trust, closeness and repeated cycles in relationships so they can make different choices and feel safer in connections.Client-centred therapy prioritises the person's own experience and pace. The counsellor listens deeply and mirrors what is said, which can help clarify feelings and build confidence to take steps forward.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviour interact. It gives simple tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours, which can ease anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and the therapist works collaboratively to choose what fits. He will discuss goals and preferences, then tailor techniques from different models to meet the person's needs.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for deeper conversations, phone can suit a low-bandwidth moment, and messaging or live chat works well for quick check-ins or when writing helps express difficult thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and day-to-day life.
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