Dr. James English
Practical, relationship-focused psychologist
IL Psychologist Illinois
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Grief, Depression
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About James
Dr. James English is a licensed psychologist with thirty years of clinical experience in Illinois.
Background and approach
He focuses on helping people manage relationship struggles, grief, depression, anxiety, and stress. He also supports those coping with addiction, trauma, intimacy issues, and changes in career or family life.
He uses a mix of approaches to guide sessions. Gottman Method work informs his way of addressing relationship patterns and communication.
He also draws on attachment ideas to understand emotional bonds and on cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
He helps people name feelings, notice the thoughts that follow them, and try new responses. That can mean learning communication skills, testing small behavior changes, or practicing emotion regulation strategies from dialectical behavior therapy.
Dr. English aims for clear, measurable progress rather than vague talk.
He pays attention to day-to-day habits that keep problems going, and he helps clients build different routines that lead to better feelings and relationships. He works with a broad set of concerns including parenting stress, blended family challenges, abandonment fears, social anxiety, self-esteem struggles, and issues tied to mood disorders like bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder.
His approach is steady and direct while remaining warm and respectful. Dr.
English holds the credential IL Psychologist 071.005714 and practices out of Illinois. He offers several online session formats to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How Gottman, attachment, and CBT work online
Gottman Method work focuses on habits of interaction between partners and on improving communication and conflict skills. Online sessions can be used to practice these skills in real time and to map recurring patterns that erode connection.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current reactions and relationships. In sessions he helps people notice attachment needs and try new ways of asking for closeness or safety during everyday interactions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Online CBT often uses short exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments that clients can try between sessions to test what changes their mood or relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to identify goals and then blends methods that fit those goals and preferences. This means adapting exercises to the formats that work best for the client and checking in about progress regularly.
Online therapy offers flexibility and multiple ways to connect. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging can help with short reflections or ongoing skill reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to sustain steady progress over time.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed in
Illinois
Languages
English