About John
John Collins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience. He helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, and trauma. He works with clients who are dealing with grief, relationship struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes.
He uses a straightforward, personal style aimed at making people feel understood and supported. Sessions often focus on practical coping skills and clearer communication. He also draws on longer-term psychodynamic work when people want to examine patterns that underlie repeating problems.
Background and approach
John can use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, when it fits a person's needs and goals. He blends that with client-centered techniques so the work stays focused on each person's experiences and preferences. He explains what to expect before trying new methods.
He trained at Loyola University Chicago where he earned a Master of Social Work in 2010. His earlier studies include philosophy, theology, and consciousness studies, which inform his interest in meaning and values during therapy. He has lived and worked in several states and currently practices from Louisiana.
In sessions he aims to help people update coping strategies, reduce symptoms, and build clearer ways of relating to others. He invites open conversation about goals and adjusts his approach as people’s needs evolve.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
John often blends client-centered work with psychodynamic ideas. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely, following the client's concerns, and helping people feel understood so they can find their own solutions. Psychodynamic work looks at repeating patterns and early life influences to help explain why certain problems keep returning and to support longer-term change.He also uses EMDR, or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, when appropriate. EMDR is a structured approach used to reduce disturbing memories and the strong emotions tied to them, and it can be helpful for people who have trauma or post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, life circumstances, and goals, and then recommend or try methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Louisiana, Indiana
- Languages
- English
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