Qualifications

James has completed several training courses in both humanistic and psychodynamic counselling. He was trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

He has been employed by a variety of organisations specialising in therapeutic responses to young people at risk and developing services for people in trouble with addictions. James has worked for local authorities, the NSPCC, the Cassell Centre and BUPA. On behalf of the Irish government he has worked with victims of institutional abuse.

He has trained counsellors in a variety of organisations and spoken at national conferences on a range of issues. Until recently he was a clinical supervisor of counsellors in GP surgeries and drug services in Kent. James is registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. He is a member of the College of Psychoanalysts, and a director of Equinox, a growing charity that provides therapeutic and residential services to vulnerable groups in London.