About John
Dr. John Howe is a licensed psychologist with 35 years of experience in clinical work across Pennsylvania. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, and the effects of personality issues.
He also addresses concerns related to sexuality, LGBT matters, grief, self-esteem, career decisions, and coping with life changes. Dr. Howe offers straightforward psychotherapy aimed at changing behaviors that cause pain or get in the way of relationships.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and goal-focused, with attention to how habits, thoughts, and actions affect daily life. He helps people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. He works with issues ranging from obsessive or compulsive behaviors to problems with intimacy and sexual acting out.
He also supports people dealing with shame, guilt, social anxiety, and the fallout of loss or addiction. His approach includes addressing both immediate concerns and longer-term patterns that repeat across situations. In sessions he combines support with direction so people can make clearer choices.
That might mean identifying triggers, experimenting with new behaviors, or working through feelings that block connection. He also offers counseling around career decisions and life purpose when those are tied to emotional struggles. People who prefer a practical, experienced clinician may find his style helpful.
He works by helping clients gain insight into repetitive problems and then moving toward healthier habits. Dr. Howe provides services in English and practices throughout Pennsylvania.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Many clients benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on understanding and changing behavior. Behavioral methods help identify patterns that keep anxiety or compulsions going and introduce practical experiments to test new ways of acting. Cognitive approaches look at unhelpful thinking that fuels stress and social anxiety and teach ways to challenge and reframe those thoughts.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps. This collaborative process aims to find techniques that feel useful and realistic for everyday life.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and deeper exchanges. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and a way to process thoughts between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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