NORTH CAROLINA THERAPY PROFESSIONALS, PLLC
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    • For Adolescents >
      • Inclusive Psychotherapy for Adolescents
    • For Adults >
      • Inclusive Psychotherapy for Adults
    • For Couples and Intimate Relationships >
      • Couple and Relationship Therapy
    • For Families
    • For Clinicians >
      • Clinical Supervision and Consultation
      • Emotionally Focused Therapy Supervision
  • Issues We Treat
    • Addictions
    • Couples and Relationship Distress
    • Depression
    • Eating Disorders and Body Image Problems
    • Family Distress
    • Grief
    • LGBTQ Concerns
    • Men's Issues
    • Post Traumatic Stress
    • Religious Trauma
    • Sexual Concerns
  • Treatments We Offer
    • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT)
    • Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
    • Discernment Counseling (DC)
    • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
    • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
    • Gottman Method to Couple Therapy (GMCT)
    • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
    • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Our Providers
    • Adolescent Therapists >
      • Luke Hirst, LCSWA
    • Adult Therapists >
      • Alan Harper, LCSW
      • Ann E O'Neil, LCSWA, LCASA
      • James McCracken, LCSW
      • Kiel Frett, LCMCH, LCAS
      • Krista Anne Nordgren, LCMHCA
      • Luke Hirst, LCSWA
      • Matthew McGibney, LCMHCA
      • Megan Cooper, LCSW
    • Couple Therapists >
      • James McCracken, LCSW
      • Krista Anne Nordgren, LCMHCA
      • Luke Hirst, LCSWA
      • Matthew McGibney, LCMHCA
    • Family Therapists >
      • James McCracken, LCSW
      • Kiel Frett, LCMCH, LCAS
  • Our Locations
    • Durham, NC
    • Online - North Carolina
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James McCracken, LCSW

Managing Member, Chief Clinical Officer and Therapist
Certified Emotionally Focused Therapy Practitioner and Supervisor
Certified Discernment Counselor

919-267-1661 ext 101
james@nctherapists.com
James McCracken, LCSW
Locations:
  • Durham, NC (in-person)
  • Anywhere, NC (telehealth)
Services Offered:
  • Individual Therapy with Adults
  • Couple and Relationship Therapy
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Discernment Counseling
  • Family Therapy with Adult Children
  • EFT Supervision/Consultation
Problems Treated:
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Marital and Relationship Distress
  • Trauma
​Populations of Interest
  • Multicultural Couples
  • LGBTQ+ Couples
  • Kinky and Poly Relationships
  • Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect
  • Step-Families
  • Couples and Families in Recovery from Addictions
  • Estranged and Disintegrated Families
Treatments Offered:
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT, EFCT, EFFT, EFIT)
  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Discernment Counseling
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT)
  • Gottman Connect Assessments for Couples
  • ​SYMBIS Assessments for Couples

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James (he/him), as one of our co-founders, had the vision for North Carolina Therapy Professionals being a practice that develops and supports high quality clinicians, and invests heavily in the happiness and well being of our therapists.  As our Clinical Director, he oversees all clinical operations including hiring, in-house training and supervision.  As a clinician in the practice he specializes in serving couples and poly relationships, families with adult children, individuals with relationship concerns, and providing Emotionally Focused Therapy Consultation and Clinical Social Work Licensure Supervision.  

James is a self-described “therapy nerd,” always interested in what else there is to learn about the practice of healing and growth through psychotherapy, the development and nurturing of therapists, and finding his own and others’ growing edges and cultivating those spaces.  James is a graduate of New York University's Silver School of Social Work, and has been a practitioner for nearly 20 years.  In addition to his certifications in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Discernment Counseling, he is currently pursuing post-graduate certification in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and is in depth-oriented study and supervision of various other models and theories of psychotherapy including studies on the Working Alliance, Facilitative Interpersonal Skills, the Person of the Therapist, Deliberate Practice, Dialogic Practice, and Relational Psychoanalysis.

In his life outside of being a therapist, James enjoys free time with his wife and child, their dog and cat, cycling, playing guitar and writing & recording music (metal and hardcore), cooking and food, and science fiction and action movies and series.

​You can learn even more about James at https://www.jamesmccrackenlcsw.com/
(Fun fact: James loves the beaches of Florida's panhandle... the sand is bioluminescent!)
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North Carolina Therapy Professionals, PLLC serves online clients located in North Carolina at the time of services as well as in-person communities including: Durham, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Cary, Apex, RTP, Garner, Knightdale, Holly Springs, Pittsboro

We provide counseling and psychotherapy for adults, couples therapy and counseling, marital therapy and counseling, relationship therapy and counseling, discernment counseling, trauma therapy, substance use counseling, group therapy, grief therapy and counseling, emotionally focused therapy / EFT and EFT supervision/consultation, accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy / AEDP, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing / EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy / ACT.

Contact our referral coordinators now at 919-267-1661 option 1 or referrals@nctherapists.com to request services from a provider

For interested potential therapist employees, contact business@nctherapists.com.  Please include your location and attach a copy of your CV.

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  • Home
  • Services We Provide
    • For Adolescents >
      • Inclusive Psychotherapy for Adolescents
    • For Adults >
      • Inclusive Psychotherapy for Adults
    • For Couples and Intimate Relationships >
      • Couple and Relationship Therapy
    • For Families
    • For Clinicians >
      • Clinical Supervision and Consultation
      • Emotionally Focused Therapy Supervision
  • Issues We Treat
    • Addictions
    • Couples and Relationship Distress
    • Depression
    • Eating Disorders and Body Image Problems
    • Family Distress
    • Grief
    • LGBTQ Concerns
    • Men's Issues
    • Post Traumatic Stress
    • Religious Trauma
    • Sexual Concerns
  • Treatments We Offer
    • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT)
    • Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
    • Discernment Counseling (DC)
    • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
    • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
    • Gottman Method to Couple Therapy (GMCT)
    • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
    • Motivational Interviewing (MI)
  • Our Providers
    • Adolescent Therapists >
      • Luke Hirst, LCSWA
    • Adult Therapists >
      • Alan Harper, LCSW
      • Ann E O'Neil, LCSWA, LCASA
      • James McCracken, LCSW
      • Kiel Frett, LCMCH, LCAS
      • Krista Anne Nordgren, LCMHCA
      • Luke Hirst, LCSWA
      • Matthew McGibney, LCMHCA
      • Megan Cooper, LCSW
    • Couple Therapists >
      • James McCracken, LCSW
      • Krista Anne Nordgren, LCMHCA
      • Luke Hirst, LCSWA
      • Matthew McGibney, LCMHCA
    • Family Therapists >
      • James McCracken, LCSW
      • Kiel Frett, LCMCH, LCAS
  • Our Locations
    • Durham, NC
    • Online - North Carolina
  • About North Carolina Therapy Professionals, PLLC
  • Client Portal
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Waitlist Sign Up and Update Form