About John
John Goddard is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, parenting challenges, family conflict, and low self-esteem. He focuses on practical conversation and guided problem solving to make day-to-day life feel more manageable. People can expect a respectful, straightforward approach that matches steps to their needs.
With 15 years of experience, John draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor sessions to each person.
Background and approach
He emphasizes clear goals and small, achievable steps like changing unhelpful patterns, improving communication, or building confidence. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s readiness for change. John has supported people through blended family issues, fatherhood concerns, and family of origin problems.
He also works with those facing chronic pain, illness, co-occurring conditions, eating and food-related issues, and substance use concerns. He pays attention to the emotional effects of disaster, first responder stress, and isolation. In sessions he offers phone and video calls as well as live chat and text-based messaging to suit different schedules.
He adapts language and pace so people can use the format that fits their life. His practical focus is on improving coping skills, communication, and everyday routines. He aims to treat people with sensitivity and respect while helping them take concrete steps toward better daily functioning.
John helps people identify what they value most, set reachable goals, and build habits that support those goals.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
John uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors and on building practical coping skills. Cognitive-behavioral style work helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with clearer, more balanced thoughts; it is helpful for anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem. Behavioral strategies and skill-building focus on small actions - sleep routines, activity planning, or stepwise changes in substance use - to create measurable progress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and daily routines, then suggest ways of working that fit the person. That makes the plan feel collaborative rather than fixed, and it can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be a shorter check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging are useful for quick reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to maintain consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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