About John
John Doleski is an experienced clinician who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, trauma, and parenting strain. He is a medical doctor and a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland, combining medical knowledge with social work practice to help people facing tough life moments.
He has 11 years of experience and spent much of that time working with active duty service members and their families on substance use, family advocacy, and psychotherapy.
Background and approach
That background gave him lots of experience with occupational stress, complex trauma, and relationship strain. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. He uses short-term tools to reduce symptoms and longer work when deeper issues appear.
Expect straightforward conversation, gentle challenge, and homework you can use between sessions. John draws on several evidence-based methods to address trauma, mood, and behavior patterns. He blends approaches to match each person's situation rather than using a single method for everyone.
The aim is to help people find relief and new ways to cope with life changes. People who come to him are often dealing with grief, parenting pressures, intimacy problems, sleep or eating difficulties, anger, or career stress. He also supports those navigating ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and LGBT-related stress.
He tries to make sessions feel respectful and down to earth while working toward realistic improvements.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
John uses several evidence-based techniques in his work and tailors them to the problem at hand. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Cognitive Processing Therapy helps people who have experienced trauma to make sense of distressing memories and reduce their impact. Problem Solving Therapy teaches step-by-step methods for tackling practical problems that cause stress, such as work or parenting challenges.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or require less bandwidth, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options help make consistent care possible despite work, family, or travel demands.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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