About Jonathan
Jonathan "Jon" Briery is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 39 years of experience. He focuses on helping people cope with stress and anxiety and supports those facing addictions, grief, and depression. Jon aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult feelings and start making changes.
Jon listens carefully and works at a steady, practical pace. He helps clients name the problems they face and try small, doable steps to feel better.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and grounded in everyday life rather than clinical jargon. Over his long career he has assisted people dealing with family conflict, blended family issues, and the strain of caregiving. He also works with concerns like chronic pain and illness, communication problems, and separation or divorce.
He brings experience with addictions including drug and alcohol issues and process addictions such as gambling and pornography. Jon also addresses panic attacks, social anxiety, mood challenges, impulsivity, isolation, and men’s issues. He helps people who struggle with commitment, self-love, and feeling alone.
His approach is practical and rooted in listening first, then planning next steps together. People who choose him can expect a supportive, steady presence that focuses on what will help in daily life. He encourages small experiments and ongoing conversation so progress can be tracked and adjusted.
How Jon Uses Practical Approaches in Online Therapy
Jonathan draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and real-life change. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage anxiety and panic attacks by practicing breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations. Another approach focuses on behavioral change for addictions and mood problems by identifying triggers, building alternative routines, and trying small experiments to test what helps.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jon will talk with each person about their needs and goals, and together they choose methods that feel practical and doable. He adjusts the plan as progress is made, checking in about what helps and what needs to change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can help with shorter check-ins or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to keep continuity and to try approaches that fit a person's routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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