James Harrison
Psychotherapist
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About me
With over 20 years of experience, James is dedicated to supporting individuals and families optimize their mental wellness practices. He values each person’s lived experiences and utilizes talk therapy to address areas of mental discomfort that can result from complex relationship and work stress, trauma, family conflict, learned helplessness, isolation, loss and more.
James is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Oakland, California who has a background as a music educator and was trained across broad multi-cultural social service experiences. His work spans the spectrum of disenfranchised communities and corporate settings. James specializes in individual and family work with older teens and adults who want to address social and emotional imbalances. He has guided hundreds of personal transformations for people of color who have struggled with the day to day, and worked collaboratively to explore unique ways to thrive. The mental wellness journey he offers includes a compassionate process of acknowledging what’s already working to your benefit and taking meaningful steps toward more sustainable self-care.
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My approach offers a growing awareness of personal ecosystems by having well informed and meaningful conversations about your mental wellness. Central to this practice are compassion, courage, and empowerment. Active participation offers opportunities to recognize conscious and unconscious responses to emotions such as anxiety, intense sadness, and others that may “show up” by interrupting our ability to move freely in our bodies, minds, social circles, or that offset spiritual alignment. Whether you’re pursing therapy for the first time or seeking to renew your support, individual and family sessions aim to cultivate realistic healing change options with compassion. My hope is to create a space that addresses a range of life experiences at your pace. My goal is to continually seek balance by defining healthier ways of being that can be realized and maintained.
