Hi! I'm Dr. James!

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Greetings, and welcome. I’m Dr. James, a Virginia-licensed clinical psychologist providing telehealth services to late adolescents, adults, and elders. I am also a queer, Black, vegan, neurodivergent, millennial male with an extensive background in solving logic puzzles, writing papers, and fighting systemic oppression; I am just now getting back into the gym. Patients from many different backgrounds and identities seek my clinical services when previous explanations or diagnoses don’t quite fit or only partially explain their picture. Many have spent years being misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or given answers that may have sounded good but didn’t hold up in real life. Thus, by taking a closer look, I help patients organize the complexity they present into something meaningful and that they can finally say “fits” into their lives.

With a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology and an M.Ed. in Special Education, I bring over 20 years of combined experience in both educational and clinical settings to NOVA Telemental Health. My training and clinical work have included serving diverse communities across various contexts, including my doctoral internship with the Indian Health Service on one of the nation’s largest Native American reservations in New Mexico. There, I worked with individuals experiencing acute trauma, suicidality, substance use, severe and persistent mental illness, and chronic health conditions. I have also spent considerable time living in Central Mexico to strengthen my Spanish-language abilities and multicultural knowledge and responsiveness, with plans to offer Spanish-language services in the future. Across different settings, my work is grounded in the understanding that psychological experiences are not solely individual but are shaped by cultural context, systemic conditions, and lived realities.