About John
John Vangerov is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California with 25 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles with addiction. John aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.
He builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through painful feelings and confusing decisions. Sessions are conversational and practical. John listens for patterns in relationships, habits, and reactions, then works with each person to try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
His practice includes support for relationship and intimacy issues, communication problems, and stress tied to work or caregiving. He also addresses life transitions, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue that can come from helping others. For people facing trauma, he helps them process what happened and reduce its day-to-day impact.
John has substantial experience with addiction and co-occurring mental health concerns, including drug and alcohol problems. He helps people explore triggers, build safer routines, and rebuild trust with themselves and others. Treatment plans are tailored to each person’s situation and goals.
He works with people across many life stages and helps them make decisions about relationships, careers, and family roles. Sessions are meant to be steady and goal-oriented so progress can be tracked. John encourages practical steps between meetings to reinforce change.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
John uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and improving daily coping. One approach emphasizes identifying stressful thoughts and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Another approach centers on building healthier relationship habits, improving communication, and addressing attachment or intimacy concerns. Both approaches are practical and aimed at skills you can use between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, life situation, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time. Together you decide which techniques to try first and how to measure progress so adjustments can be made when needed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs. Video helps replicate face-to-face contact, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging works well for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving routines, or periods of travel while keeping a steady course of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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