About John
John Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of experience. He combines a calm presence with practical tools to help people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and life changes. He says his own life experience shaped his approach.
Growing up in a hostile home and later exploring many types of therapy led him to value both talk and body-centered work. He often encourages people to notice how emotions show up in the body as well as in thoughts.
Background and approach
In sessions he uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to each person. He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits. For couples or relationship concerns he references Gottman Method ideas to improve communication and reduce repeated conflict patterns.
Mindfulness exercises and narrative work are other tools he brings into the room. Mindfulness helps with grounding and managing overwhelming feelings. Narrative therapy helps people reframe painful stories and find new meaning after loss or trauma.
John has lived and worked in different places, taught, coached business owners, and led performance-based groups. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
He practices in California and works in English. To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
John often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and following what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve sleep, mood, and daily functioning.He also uses mindfulness practices to teach simple grounding and attention exercises. Mindfulness supports managing overwhelming feelings and can be practiced between sessions to build calm. Together these approaches give tools for immediate coping and longer-term change, and he works collaboratively to decide which methods fit each person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or when being off-camera helps someone focus. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, homework support, and flexible communication between scheduled sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit into busy days and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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