Shari-Ann James, PhD, PMH-C

Shari-ann H. James, PhD, PMH-C, is a licensed psychologist and certified perinatal mental health professional with over 20 years of experience. Her practice focuses on women and birthing individuals, with a special emphasis on reproductive and perinatal mental health, particularly addressing the challenges of transitioning to motherhood/parenthood. She specializes in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, infertility, perinatal loss, trauma, pregnancy, and childbirth.

Dr. James is also experienced in third-party reproduction, providing psychological evaluations for surrogates, gestational carriers, and egg donors, as well as consultations for intended parents utilizing egg, embryo, or sperm donors.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. James offers consultations and training on perinatal mental health in her local community and presents nationally at conferences on emotional complications during the perinatal period. She is the co-founder and president of the Central Florida Postpartum Alliance and hosts The Wellness Pod podcast, which centers on reproductive and maternal mental health and women’s wellness. Dr. James also established the Perinatal Wellness Academy, offering resources for both providers and birthing individuals.

PSYPACT member – I, therefore, provide Telehealth with clients in 40+ U.S. states

License Information

• License Type: Licensed Clinical Psychologist
• License Number: PY7452
• License State: Florida
• Licensing Authority: Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

Rates

• Per Session: $150
• Couples Session: $170

Shari-Ann James, PhD, PMH-C Specializes in

• Attachment-based
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
• Compassion Focused
• Couples Counseling
• Culturally Sensitive
• EMDR
• Emotionally Focused
• Humanistic
• Integrative
• Interpersonal
• Multicultural
• Narrative
• Person-Centered
• Positive Psychology
• Psychoanalytic
• Psychodynamic
• Relational
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
• Strength-Based
• Trauma Focused

Issues treated

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
• Panic Disorders
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Postpartum Depression
• Postpartum Psychosis
• Suicidal Ideation

Ethnicity of Clients

• Black and African American
• Caribbean
• East Asian
• Hispanic and Latino
• Indigenous
• Native American
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
• South Asian
• Southeast Asian

Groups

• Bisexual
• Gay
• Lesbian
• LGBTQ+
• Questioning
• Single Parent
• Straight

Ages

• Adults

What Insurance Plans Do You Accept?

• Cash/Private Pay Accepted

Education and Experience

• University of Georgia: PhD in Counseling Psychology – 2005
• Teachers College, Columbia University: Master of Education in Psychological Counseling- 2001
• Teachers College, Columbia University: Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology- 1999

Office Hours

Mon-Fri, 8AM - 5PM | Tues & Thur till 7PM

Languages

• English