About John
John Funk is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He practices from Texas and speaks English. He takes a straightforward, compassionate approach to therapy and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Clients come for help with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and substance concerns. He also supports people coping with grief, intimacy issues, sleep and eating struggles, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD-related difficulties.
Background and approach
He pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes when these affect daily life. In sessions he aims to build a relaxed space where people can talk through difficult feelings without judgment. He uses methods that teach new ways to think, manage emotions, and improve communication.
Sessions often include skills practice and problem-solving for real-world situations. John blends approaches to match each person’s needs. He draws on client-centered listening to clarify what matters most, cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thinking, and attachment-based ideas to repair relationship wounds.
He also incorporates techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work when those fit. Many people appreciate the clear, practical steps he suggests between sessions. He explains techniques in simple language and helps clients try them in everyday life.
His goal is to help people feel steadier, more in control, and better able to handle life’s stresses.
Approach and online options for anxiety and relationships
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds affect current relationships. It helps people notice patterns of closeness and distance and learn new ways to connect and feel safer with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ways of thinking. It is often used for anxiety, panic, phobias, and depression and includes homework to practice new skills.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most workable. That conversation is collaborative and can shift as progress is made or needs change.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when travel is difficult. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, and an option to stay connected between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice techniques where problems actually happen.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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