About John
John MacDonald is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor based in New Jersey with 11 years of clinical experience. He focuses on everyday struggles like stress and anxiety, addictions, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and depression. He helps people who are dealing with grief, life changes, career strain, or questions about identity and relationships.
He aims to build an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about thoughts and feelings. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person.
Background and approach
He draws on techniques that help with coping skills, motivation, and restoring confidence. Before focusing full time on therapy, he taught addictions counseling as an adjunct graduate professor of psychology. That teaching work informs his approach to substance use and recovery conversations.
He also has experience addressing trauma, attachment and issues that follow separation or loss. John has held leadership roles in New Jersey professional counseling organizations and served as Ethics Chair for the New Jersey Counseling Association. He is listed in the 75th Edition of Marquis Who's Who in America.
People who choose him usually want clear, practical steps and a steady therapeutic relationship. He blends conversational, client-centered listening with structured tools when they fit the need. His goal is to help people move from feeling stuck to having workable next steps.
How John blends approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and creating a respectful space. It focuses on the person's goals and values and helps when someone needs support making decisions or rebuilding confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. John will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and help choose or adapt methods that fit. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers options to fit different days and needs. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat works for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity when life gets disrupted.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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