About John
John Crusius is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 12 years of experience. He focuses on anxiety and related struggles, offering straightforward, practical help for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. He uses a client-centered stance, listening first and shaping work around each person's goals.
Many clients come with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, or questions about meaning after a big life change. He also addresses issues like ADHD, sleep problems, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and career stress.
Background and approach
John combines practical tools with reflective exploration. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. He also uses mindfulness to build awareness and calm, and motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change.
Sessions tend to focus on clear steps the person can try between meetings. He helps people set small, achievable goals, test new ways of coping, and track progress. When clients are wrestling with abandonment, codependency, control issues, or substance use, he works to identify patterns and offer alternative strategies.
He describes his own career shift into counseling as a decision to pursue meaning and service. That perspective informs his work with people who feel their life lacks direction or purpose. John encourages meditation and mindfulness practices when clients are open to them.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person and their goals; the therapist listens deeply and follows the client’s lead to decide what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a space to make sense of emotions or regain direction after a life change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include practical homework, thought records, and step-by-step experiments that translate well to video or text formats for ongoing practice.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and stress management. Short guided exercises or daily reminders can be shared through messaging between sessions to reinforce practice.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what feels useful. Clients and the therapist work together to pick techniques that match needs and preferences rather than committing to a single method up front.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different life rhythms. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short reflections or progress notes. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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