James Liles, LPC

James Liles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 14 years practicing as an LPC and a longer career in the emotional healing field. He works with adults on relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction, stress and anxiety, grief, trauma and other life changes. He also addresses intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and mood concerns such as depression.

He trained at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor for two master's degrees and holds an undergraduate psychology degree from Louisiana Tech University. Earlier in his career he taught and was licensed as a special education teacher and as a secondary educational counselor, which informs his practical approach to problem-solving.

His experience includes working with soldiers returning from combat trauma and delivering services in private practice in Killeen, Texas. He has also used equine-assisted therapy techniques in some work and has recent involvement in corporate wellness, resiliency, and life coaching. Those varied roles contribute to an eclectic clinical style.

In sessions he draws on client-centered principles alongside cognitive behavioral, existential, Jungian, narrative and motivational interviewing approaches. That mix lets him focus on present-day thinking and behavior while also looking at meaning and life patterns when appropriate. The aim is to talk through specific problems and find practical ways to cope and change.

Outside work he cooks, exercises, and spends time with his spouse. He describes himself as a helper and prefers an engaged, relational way of working with adults who are managing family stress, parenting pressures, or difficult relationship moments.

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