James McCracken, LCSW, PLLC
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There is a Pathway Back to Secure, Responsive Relationships
And Emotional Wellbeing

COVID-19 Notice

Due to public health guidance for COVID-19, this practice has moved temporarily to entirely online telehealth services.  We will resume in-office services when public health guidance suggests it is safe to do so.  Also, online telehealth services will continue to be offered to North Carolina residents beyond this period of time.  Contact us at referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com to inquire about our services, availability, and accommodations.
With couples counseling your partner can be the anchor you need
Are you experiencing distress from unmet longings in your marriage or committed romantic relationships?  Or are you having difficulty with other close relationships such as with parents, children, siblings, co-workers, or  friends?
We all want to feel safe, secure, understood, and admired in our closest relationships. We want to feel esteemed and validated, and like our partners, friends and family "get" us.  And when we're not in this place, we can feel like everything is "off" at best, but falling apart at worst.

How it goes when stuck patterns of interaction start to emerge: often one person tries to connect by being more persistent and louder, and one person starts to become defensive or withdraw to avoid conflict.  The harder each tries to resolve the conflict in their own way, the more stuck the whole situations feels.  It seems like the other is to blame, but what is often missed is that these moves are attempts to protect the relationship and undo pain and loneliness. Somehow the whole relationship feels worse, and people either start looking for the exits or start thinking they have to settle for less than they hoped for.  Nearly all marriages and committed romances, as well as parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, friendships, and co-worker relationships, experience these negative interaction cycles and the subsequent erosion of trust, and yet the outcomes can be better.  Divorce, estrangement, resignation, hopelessness and disconnection do not have to be the end result.

You and Your Relationships Deserve Quality Therapy

Studies show that most people wait until major distress has been occurring for multiple years before seeking help.  No matter how early or how long your relationship has had problems, if you are reading this, chances are you are bothered by hurt feelings, anxiety, frustration and unmet longings, and you are ready for change.  I have the training, experience, skill, and commitment to help you have happier, healthier relationships, and help you recover and grow from hard times in your life. 

Please read my website, and if I sound like a therapist you’re interested in, call me (919-228-9729) or email me.  If it turns out I’m not the best fit for you, I can help you find someone who is.  Your relationship and your happiness deserve support.

Do These Problems Sound Familiar?

  • Feeling stuck and frustrated, being ambivalent about preserving or leaving the relationship
  • Feeling invalidated, invisible, or unable to clearly communicate
  • Lack of sexual intimacy, or lack of sexual pleasure in a marriage or romantic relationship
  • Turning away from one partner and secretly or compulsively towards another person (affairs) or activities (in some cases addictions)
  • Hiding activities or parts of your self in hopes of avoiding rejection
  • Feeling constantly anxious, depressed, or physically distressed (e.g. headaches, IBS, fatigue, medically inexplicable and chronic pain)
  • Both partners seemingly "giving up" in silence (and feeling like distant roommates)
  • Feeling unsafe, misunderstood, insecure, not accepted, and unloved no matter what has been tried

It Doesn't Have to Be This Way:
Effective Individual, Couples and Family Therapy Can Help

Emotionally Focused Therapy brings couples closer
To begin transforming your relationship, contact James McCracken, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, Certified Discernment Counselor, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapist (919-228-9729).
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I use scientifically-validated and evidence-based approaches, principles and techniques to therapy, including Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT Certified Practitioner and Supervisor), will help you make sense of your feelings, thoughts, and actions in your relationships to improve your ability to communicate and decrease distress.  I help my clients feel understood and able to understand their closest relationships, while also de-escalating problematic patterns.  As my clients get in touch with their deeper emotions and needs, they increase healthy assertiveness and respectful boundaries.  I help people heal from hurts and betrayals, and make informed decisions about relationships that are ailing.  I enjoy helping people feel empowered, and I help people get to where they can ask for, receive, and give the love they want and deserve.  I know we are all looking for safety and security in our closest relationships, that these conflicts are about connection, and that proven approaches to therapy do help most people.

Life is better when we live in the shelter of each other…
We are designed for it!

Email to Inquire About Services
referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com


Office Location:
3326 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd
​B-130
Durham, NC 27707
Phone Number:
(919) 228-9729
Email:
​referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com
James McCracken, LCSW Durham Couples Therapy
James McCracken is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,  Certified Emotionally Focused Therapy Practitioner and Supervisor, and Certified Discernment Counselor dedicated to improving the mental health and emotional well being of North Carolina residents.  He and his associates provide couple therapy, marriage counseling, premarital counseling, sex therapy, discernment counseling, divorce counseling, co-parenting counseling, family therapy, individual psychotherapy, grief & loss counseling, LCSW Supervision, and EFT supervision services in his Durham, NC office and online.  He and his associates are conveniently located to Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Hillsborough, Morrisville, Apex, and Cary for in-office visits, and are available online for all residents of North Carolina. ​If you would like to learn more about this practice directly, receive a free brief consult, or set up an appointment, please call
919-228-9729 ​
​or email referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com

Racial Equality
We welcome and celebrate diversity in this practice and stand against oppression and social injustice including discrimination based on any aspect of identity including: national origin, religion, racism and white supremacy, patriarchy & sexism, ageism, gender conformism & transphobia, and heteronormativity & homophobia.  We work with adolescent and adult clients from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds, and are allied and affirmative providers to LGBQ-TGNC-I+ persons, and are sex-positive, body-positive, and kink-friendly providers.
James A McCracken is listed at AllTherapist.com
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James McCracken, LCSW & Associates, PLLC.  All Rights Reserved
3326 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd., B-130, Durham, NC 27707

referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com | 919-228-9729
  • Home
  • Services
    • Couples Therapy | Marriage Counseling
    • Family Therapy
    • Individual Psychotherapy
    • Supervision/Consultation >
      • EFT Supervision
      • Level Up Group for EFT Supervisors
      • EFT Supervision of Supervision
      • Clinical Social Work Supervision
    • Online Therapy
  • Specialties
    • Emotionally Focused Therapy
    • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
    • Discernment Counseling
    • Intimacy and Sex Problems
    • Couple and Marital Distress
    • Premarital Assessment & Counseling
    • Affair Recovery
    • Family Conflict between Parents and Adult Children
  • About
    • About James
    • Therapy Approach
    • Philosophy of Supervision
    • Associate Practitioners
    • Practice Policies, Fee, & Insurance
    • FAQ
  • Contact
  • Client Resources
    • Client Portal
    • Additional Helpful Resources
    • Consent for Release of Information