James Hagins, LPC
Therapist in Colorado
James Hagins is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 31 years of clinical experience.
- License LPC.0005480 · Colorado Expires August 2027
- NPI 1598266124 · national registry
- Experience and languages 31+ years in practice English
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About James
James Hagins is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 31 years of clinical experience. He helps people facing grief, stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. James aims to make the process direct and understandable for someone who may be unsure where to begin.
He focuses on practical emotional support and problem-solving. Sessions often address self-esteem, career shifts, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. James also guides people working through trauma, abuse, and relationship issues in a straightforward way.
Background and approach
Clients may bring concerns about adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment, or communication problems. He also works with those affected by natural or human-caused disaster, divorce and separation, and hospice or end-of-life matters. Other topics James supports include forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, jealousy, and questions of life purpose.
His approach blends Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic and existential perspectives, and he includes the Gottman Method where it fits the situation. James aims to help people name what's most important and build doable steps forward. James practices from Colorado and conducts sessions in English.
He accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
Credentials
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0005480 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1598266124 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything James lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches James names
- Gottman Method
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches James names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online work
James uses the Gottman Method to help people notice and change interaction patterns in relationships and communication, focusing on small, practical shifts that improve everyday connection. Client-Centered Therapy is a listening-based approach that centers the person's goals and perspective, helping someone feel understood while they sort out decisions and emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thinking and behavior patterns, offering tools to manage anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms through specific exercises and experiments.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a shared process. James will work with each person to identify needs, goals, and preferences, and then adapt methods that feel most useful. That collaboration helps set priorities and keeps work focused on achievable steps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and environments. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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Frequently asked
What issues does James help with?
He helps people dealing with grief, self-esteem, career changes, stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship and communication problems, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
What is his therapeutic style?
His style is practical and collaborative, combining client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral and other therapies to help people set and reach goals.
How long has he been practicing?
James has 31 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor, bringing long-term clinical perspective to complex life transitions.
Where is he based and what credential does he hold?
He practices in Colorado and holds the LPC credential, listed as CO LPC.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Yes, he accepts international clients and offers sessions remotely to people in other countries.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin scheduling sessions?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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