About James
James Fry is a licensed therapist in Texas with 40 years of professional experience. He helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, addictive behaviors, family tensions, trauma and abuse, and anger.
Background and approach
He aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure. He keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters now.
He listens for the patterns that cause pain, then helps people try different ways of thinking and acting. Conversations are meant to be honest and without judgment so feelings can be shared safely.
James uses practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He pairs that with real-world problem solving so progress translates to daily life.
Sessions often include simple exercises to practice between meetings. He also addresses related struggles such as abandonment and attachment issues, communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and guilt or shame.
He pays attention to how life events like divorce, midlife shifts, and military-related concerns can shape emotions and choices. People who choose to work with him find a calm, steady presence and a focus on measurable steps.
He invites questions and makes room for each person’s goals when planning what to try next.
How CBT and online sessions work together
James uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT sessions focus on specific situations, the thoughts that arise, and small skills to test out new responses. This approach can help with anxiety, stress, anger, addictive behaviors, and managing reactions after trauma.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and daily life. That may mean trying different exercises, adjusting goals, and checking progress together over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual connection while meeting from another room, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing written coaching between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping the focus on steady skill-building and problem solving.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English