James Urbany
Calm, practical therapy for daily stress
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About James
James Urbany is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He focuses on straightforward skills that reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. His work emphasizes building self-compassion and clearer thinking so people can handle difficult feelings with less intensity.
He supports those dealing with relationship strain and anger by teaching practical communication and coping strategies. He also addresses issues tied to self-esteem, body image, social anxiety, and workplace challenges.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at identifying small changes that make family life and daily routines easier to manage. James draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people process trauma, reduce shame, and clarify life purpose. He pays attention to cultural context and multicultural concerns as part of treatment planning.
He is known for a calm, direct style that balances empathy with clear steps forward. In practice he offers a range of contact methods, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. He works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients.
James is based in New Mexico and holds the credential LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. To begin, people follow a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions through the Start Therapy process. He uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches for online support
James commonly uses evidence-based techniques that teach concrete skills. One approach focuses on building self-compassion and reducing shame by practicing kinder self-talk and gradual exposure to feared situations; this helps with social anxiety, body image concerns, and guilt. Another approach emphasizes trauma-informed work that helps people make sense of difficult experiences and develop safer coping strategies for post-traumatic stress and intense emotions.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to pick or blend techniques based on their goals, cultural background, and day-to-day needs. The first sessions are often used to try a few strategies and see what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from home, phone sessions work when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins or ongoing practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to access care across distances.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point