Heather James, LCSW

Heather James is a Florida-licensed LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, bringing 23 years of professional experience to her therapeutic work. She has extensive experience supporting people coping with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, bipolar disorder, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and a range of other life adjustments and health-related issues. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family dynamics, body image, cancer and caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication and commitment difficulties, and responses to natural or human-caused disasters.

Heather blends client-centered therapy with evidence-informed approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), existential therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy. She emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate engagement, and she tailors dialogue and treatment plans to align with each person’s specific needs and goals. Heather views the decision to seek change as an act of courage and positions herself as a steady professional ally for people working toward a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Throughout her career she has worked to create practical, goal-oriented strategies while attending to the unique context of each person’s experience, helping them build skills for coping, communication, and long-term resilience.