About John
John Rigney is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 40 years of experience based in Kentucky. He focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. John speaks plainly and listens carefully to understand what matters most to each person.
He uses a client-centered style that keeps the person's goals at the center of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of his work when practical thinking and behavior changes can help reduce worry and lift mood.
Background and approach
He also draws on Jungian ideas and narrative approaches to help people make sense of patterns and life stories. John often helps people who feel stuck after loss, relationship shifts, or major transitions. He also addresses issues such as attachment struggles, abandonment, codependency, and feelings of emptiness.
His experience includes supporting people facing medical challenges like cancer and those coping with long-term mood or personality-related concerns. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings, plus space to reflect on deeper feelings and life meaning. He aims to balance practical tools with time to understand where difficult patterns began.
The result is a tailored plan that meets immediate needs while exploring longer-term change. People who prefer calm, steady guidance and a mix of skill-building and depth work tend to fit well with his style. John offers sessions by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life.
Approaches and Online Care
John combines client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness-informed ideas to support people online. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on hearing the person's concerns and letting the conversation guide the work. It helps people who need a calm, accepting space to sort through strong feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and anxiety and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match goals and comfort level, and adapts those methods as progress unfolds. Sessions often blend skill practice with time for meaning-making and personal insight.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited travel options. Video calls are useful when face-to-face interaction matters, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for short check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or health needs while still getting regular therapeutic contact.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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