Dr. James Guinee - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

28 years experience | Intl Clients Welcome

About Dr. James Guinee

I am licensed in Arkansas with nearly 30 years of professional work experience. I have spent the majority of my career in university counseling centers, but since 2020 I have branched out into the world of contract work, through a local hospital, employee assistance programs, and most recently Better Help.

Working through Better Help means I get to primarily focus on the types of problems I have the most success with: depression and anxiety (especially due to irrational beliefs and over-thinking), relationship issues, coping with grief and loss, religious conflict, nightmares and dream interpretation, anger management, & low self-esteem.

Issues that I do not work with include
-addictions (particularly drug addiction and porn addiction)
-physical illnesses and their impact on mental health
-same sex attraction (including individuals who do not wish to have
their same sex attraction affirmed)
-sexual identity questioning
-sexual intimacy problems

For the past 25 years I have also provided couples therapy as well as premarital counseling. I really like working with couples, but naturally both of you have to be committed to the process. I have limited success with couples who are dealing with infidelity, and do not have the training or experience to help couples with physical intimacy issues.

I believe that the best therapy comes from collaborating together, where I listen and give feedback, and where I provide a place where people can feel safe and be absolutely honest.

I am personable, very chill, and do not push people. I have a high rate of success and I love what I do. I am very open to feedback. I don’t fish for compliments, I want to make sure you are getting what you need from working with me. Your time and your money should be well spent.

I check messages throughout the day, so I am particularly good at getting back to people in a very short amount of time.

Reach out to me and I we’ll take a first step and see how it goes.

John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Licenses

Psychologist

97-02P

Professional experience

Anger management
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Depression
Family conflicts
Grief
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety

Additional Focus Areas

Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Self-love
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Client-Centered Therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Solution-Focused Therapy

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“The doctor is fantastic, he listens, he mediates. He helps guide the conversations well. He’s compassionate and understanding of all the various aspects of our situation.”

“He is very friendly & easy to talk to. I have a very hard time opening up & it’s very easy to discuss with him what is going on”

“Emphatic therapist with proven track record to identify and assess individual needs.”

“Dr. Jim is the best. Hands down. I'd trust him with my life.”

“My career is a bit unique and a certain type of culture goes along with it. For somebody who's not familiar with it, it can be difficult to understand. He has done a fantastic job of understanding all of it and still being able to help me with my issues. He's a fantastic listener and a very smart man. And only a few sessions I feel that I've taken great steps in the correct direction. Would recommend him to anybody”

“Very attentive listener, patient, dad-type. Poses insightful perspectives and presents reality/choices in a palatable way”

“Wonderful therapist!”

“Dr. Guinee is very empathetic and understanding about the situations I go through. He also finds time to respond to my messages throughout the week and even seems available in times where people are supposed to be off duty. He has gone far and beyond to help me out and I'm very grateful.”

“Best therapist ever. He has really helped with my relationship issues”

“Dr Guinea is highly intelligent, understands the complexity of my issues”

“Dr. Jim is the most stellar and charismatic therapist i have ever met and we only meet by phone. I dont know where I would be without him. He is a godsend. -Paul Juarez”

“Amazing therapist helped me get through some bad times definitely recommend”

“He is easy to talk to and has given me a new view of therapy where as I was very skeptical at first”

“I have enjoyed my time and really want to thank Dr. Guinee for bringing to my attention symptoms that I was exhibiting where "PTSD like" which lead me down a path of self-discovery that has ultimately lead me to understand most of my life and the type and level of abuse that I survived. I am nowhere near recovered, but at least I now have a name for my torment and have been able to understand and begin to process thoughts and feelings from the past and how it all still haunts me today.”

“Very knowledgeable and great at asking questions and interested in understanding me.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.