James McClymonds

When someone finally decides to pick up the phone or send that first email, Dr. James McClymonds wants them to know the process starts there — not after a long wait, not after weeks of intake forms. Based in downtown Chicago, he built his private practice around the reality that people are ready to move when they’re ready, and he aims to meet that window with same-week availability, a complimentary initial phone consultation, and therapy models designed to produce results without an open-ended timeline.

He works with children, teenagers, adults, and older adults across a wide range of concerns — from anxiety and mood disorders to relationship conflict, anger, grief, and personality and psychotic disorders — in individual, couples, and family formats. For many clients, the anxiety he helps address isn’t abstract; it shows up in the compulsive phone-checking at midnight or the low-grade dread that arrives with every notification. His clinical approach draws on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Brief Therapy, both oriented toward identifying what’s actually driving the problem and building concrete skills to address it.

Dr. McClymonds holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology and is licensed in both Illinois and Indiana, with experience spanning psychiatric hospitals, forensic settings, community mental health, and substance abuse treatment. He also offers comprehensive psychological evaluations for diagnostic, developmental, neurological, and legal purposes, and sees clients via online sessions as well as in person.