Southeastern Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (VA Hospital)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dr. Arnold H. James is a Louisiana licensed Clinical Psychologist. He received his education from The University of South Carolina: a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Master of Public Health in Health Education and Promotion, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical-Community Psychology. He was affiliated with the Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for over 20 years as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, in the Psychology Section. He has specialized in diagnosing and treating mental disorders. He has worked as an inpatient and outpatient psychotherapist, in and around the New Orleans Metro area, employing brief and long-term psychotherapy modalities.
Currently, Dr. James is a psychologist in Home Base Primary Care at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System and treats outpatients in his private practice. These patients have a wide range in age, and severity of diagnostic presentation.
Dr. James has completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Institute, and was awarded DIPLOMATE status in the International Academy of Behavior Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy in Psychotherapy.