About John
John Reardon is a clinician practicing in Maryland. He holds an MD and is licensed as an LCSW-C and LICSW, and he brings four years of professional experience to his work. He believes people know their own stories and that their existing strengths matter in making change.
He offers a calm, practical style that focuses on clear steps and realistic goals. Sessions aim to help people manage anxiety and stress, process grief or trauma, and find steadier footing during life changes.
Background and approach
He also addresses concerns like depression, addictions, intimacy and relationship difficulties, self-esteem, career challenges, and compassion fatigue. John pays attention to both immediate coping and longer-term patterns. He helps clients notice habits that keep them stuck and practices small, repeatable changes.
Conversations tend to be straightforward and geared toward what will make daily life easier and more manageable. His background includes work related to adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, gender dysphoria, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. He also supports people dealing with guilt and shame, dissociation, and family of origin issues.
Sessions are offered in English. People connect with him by starting the site’s matching process, completing a short questionnaire, and scheduling a time that works with his availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
John uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize skill-building and problem solving. One common approach focuses on teaching concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress, like breath work, grounding, and short behavioral experiments to test unhelpful assumptions. These techniques help people feel steadier day to day and regain a sense of control.Another strand involves processing difficult memories and emotions in small, manageable steps so strong feelings become easier to sit with. This work often helps people who are coping with grief, trauma, or persistent shame to reduce overwhelm and make clearer choices in relationships and daily life.
The best approach is chosen together. He treats therapy as a collaboration and will help clients pick methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort level. That may mean trying a few techniques and adjusting as needed to find what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth talks and skill practice. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coping tips, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Rhode Island, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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