James H. Dolan, Psychotherapist, Professional Coach

James H. Dolan, Psychotherapist, Professional Coach A provider of psychotherapy, couples counseling, and executive coaching My ideal clients prefer a straightforward approach that is not about fads or lingo.

My approach to psychotherapy is to listen to and understand your story until I know enough to ask questions about where it hurts, what you'd like to change, and how you stop yourself from doing so. I keep it simple and no frills, as it should be

Executive Coaching Bio for Jim Dolan
My best coaching work is done with the new executive or a new partner in a service firm who must now understand and develop his/her leadership capacity. I believe that leading others has more to do with who a person is rather than what they know. My job as an executive coach is to assist in developing the understanding of one’s being. Approach to Coaching and Leadership Development
My job for clients is to form a solid relationship where they will find the courage to understand their personal self, and their leadership strengths and challenges. We build a framework within this relationship with clear and achievable milestones and goals. Success Story – C-Level Succession
An industry-leading commercial travel agency wanted their CFO to succeed the CEO in the next few years, but was uncertain as to whether he had the right leadership skills to become CEO. We began a six month engagement that helped him understand the company’s concerns, and he corrected a communication style that made him appear indifferent, when he was actually being analytical. The result is that the CFO has been confirmed by the Board of Directors as next CEO. Success Story – Behavioral Change
The CMO of one of the world’s largest law firms was in jeopardy of termination if he did not change his autocratic style. I helped him understand that while he was almost always right about his job, he had to learn to let others ‘be right’ as well. He learned that his need to always ‘be right’ was the worst and most serious thing he did ‘wrong’. He kept his job, and he was able to rebuild relationships key to his and his team’s success. Success Story- Behavioral Change
A large medical specialty group was having trouble with one of the partners, a gifted physician with poor interpersonal skills. They considered stripping him of his partnership. Some of the challenges had to do with the physician, and some of it had to do with the partnership. An individual assessment and frank presentation of the partnership’s complaints with the doctor led to a series of group meetings with all concerned. The meetings defused a potentially serious breach, saving the group the expense of buying the doctor out and the even larger expense of having to defend itself from a lawsuit. Background
I have been a psychotherapist since 1978. I received my graduate degree in psychology from Duquesne University, and began working in various United Way agencies in the greater Dallas area. I went into private practice in 1983, where I have been ever since. My executive coaching work is a natural outgrowth of my therapy practice, in which I learned how to form strong, direct bonds with clients. Since 2007, I have contributed a quarterly column at Texas Lawyer Magazine called ‘The Coach's Corner.’

11/14/2024
07/29/2020

When students learn specific techniques for managing stress and anxiety, their well-being improves across a range of measures and leads to better mental health.

07/22/2020

Is any human being ever completely honest? Is it within human capability to be ‘completely honest’? That is, to leave nothing out, and add nothing in? The lie is an attempt to create an advantage for oneself in the world. We lie actively by communicating that we possess something that the other ...

06/30/2020

A post I wrote two years ago on a topic I’ve thought a lot about lately when someone I respect said ‘ no one hates Trump more than I do’- I admit to failing at some of my own call outs from time to time, temptation being too great to resist but anyway, here goes:

But when i succumb to the urge to hate, i succumb to the precise emotion he wishes to stir. 'hating' him will solve nothing, you've done nothing but sink into the negativity of hate. going on late night TV and hurling obscene, sophomoric insults at him feels good, but yeah, hate feels good. copying and pasting inane, insulting memes and videos does nothing but make you feel good for a minute or two. we have to rise above, as difficult as it might be, not because its 'wrong' to hate, but because it progresses nothing, draws us down to his level, and blocks the clear thinking and action required to get us out of this mess.

06/30/2020

39% of married couples and civil partners reported the highest levels of stress and anxiety compared with single or divorced adults since lockdown began,.

06/29/2020

Much of the country is reopening, even as in some places the number of Covid-19 cases is rising. The idea of stepping out of isolation makes some people anxious.

06/26/2020

“I was trying to convince him that [covid-19] was real and that he should be social distancing,” says one woman. “He was trying to convince me it was a government conspiracy.”

some thoughts on sustaining intimacy in the time of covid
06/04/2020

some thoughts on sustaining intimacy in the time of covid

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