Dr. James English, IL Psychologist 071.005714

Dr. James English is an Illinois psychologist with 30 years of clinical experience. He helps people address relationship struggles, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, and related concerns. He also works with issues such as addictions, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and career transitions.

He favors practical, structured work that looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as one of his main approaches. He also draws on attachment-focused and skills-based methods to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck.

Sessions focus on identifying automatic thoughts and the actions that follow. He breaks problems into specific, manageable pieces. That makes it easier to try small changes and see if they help. Progress is tracked in concrete ways rather than only by general impressions.

He has worked with individuals, couples, and family concerns across decades of practice. That experience informs how he frames problems and sets goals. He emphasizes collaboration - the client and he plan what to try and how to measure it.

People who work with him can expect practical tools for handling panic, low mood, relationship communication, and recurring negative thinking. He also uses strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused and Gottman-informed methods when they match a client's goals. The emphasis is on methods that help people change how they react and behave in day-to-day life.

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