James "Rick" McCommon
Practical counseling for life and family challenges
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About James
James "Rick" McCommon is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama. He focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, anger, self-esteem, LGBT issues, relationship and family matters, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and parenting. He also supports people facing sleeping or eating difficulties, career shifts, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
Rick keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He creates a welcoming space for people to talk through what matters most.
Background and approach
He listens without judgment and helps clients find steps they can try between meetings. He uses several approaches to tailor work to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer ones.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and taking small actions toward them. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the client’s experience and personal goals. Rick has worked in counseling since earning his master’s degree in counseling and psychology in 2012, giving him about 10 years of experience.
His LPC credential is AL LPC LPC04101. He brings that background into real-world problem solving and practical coping skills. People who start with him can expect calm, direct conversations and concrete strategies.
He pays attention to the whole situation, including cultural and identity factors that affect mental health. If you want steady, approachable help for parenting, relationship, or personal struggles, Rick offers a clear, down-to-earth style.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when strong feelings are present. It can be useful for anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s own experience and goals, with the therapist offering empathy and support rather than directing the process.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will discuss these methods with clients and tailor the mix based on needs, goals, and preferences. The decision is collaborative and may change as progress is made.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls let people see and speak in real time, while phone sessions remove travel needs. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter, flexible check-ins and a way to stay connected between meetings. These options aim to make regular work on stress, parenting, relationships, and other concerns more reachable for people with varied schedules and obligations.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
Next step
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