About John
John Bazan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Texas with ten years of experience in individual counseling. John offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. He talks plainly about goals and next steps so overwhelmed clients can focus on what matters most.
John helps people who are coping with addictions, relationship problems, grief, trauma, and anger. He also works with clients navigating LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, sexuality topics, and alternative sexual cultures such as kink and polyamory.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify practical tools and habits that reduce day-to-day distress. John uses therapies that teach skills and build everyday coping. He draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviors.
He also uses acceptance and mindfulness-based strategies to help people live in line with their values despite difficult feelings. Clients who prefer a caring, direct style often do well in his work. John centers each session on the client’s priorities and helps break big problems into manageable steps.
He encourages steady practice between sessions to build lasting change. People interested in remote options can work by video, phone, chat, or text. International clients may be supported when work with a Texas LCSW is appropriate for their needs and location.
Online approaches that teach skills and values
John commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce suffering. CBT focuses on practical experiments you can try between sessions to shift patterns and improve mood.He also uses acceptance and commitment therapy which combines values work with acceptance of difficult feelings. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions are strong.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will ask about goals, daily struggles, and preferences and tailor methods that fit the client's needs. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in planning their work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls are useful for longer sessions that resemble in-person work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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