[4] He is registered as a therapist at the John Bowlby Centre[6] and as a Chartered Psychologist at the British Psychological Society.
[9] Speaking on Channel 4's 2013 Psychopath Night, James described the credit crunch as a "mass outbreak of corporate psychopathy which resulted in something that very nearly crashed the whole world economy".
Deborah Orr of The Guardian described his views on the nature versus nurture debate as hypocritical, "If he was confronted with a mother doing exactly that to her child, I'm sure James would consider it abusive".
[21] Stuart J. Ritchie, a psychologist at the University of Edinburgh, wrote a strongly critical review of James's book Not In Your Genes.
He described the book as a "straw man made flesh", "a compendium of psychological myths and legends", and "bending over backwards to avoid awkward conclusions".
[24] James responded to Ritchie's criticisms in an article in The Guardian in March 2016, where he argued, "... mental illness is often caused by maltreatment and social disadvantage.