About John
John Douglass is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama with two decades of experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, and ADHD. He also supports those dealing with trauma, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions.
John takes a client-directed approach. He helps people sort through confusing feelings and behaviors so they can decide what to change. He pays attention to emotions and the ways they show up in daily life.
Background and approach
That makes it easier to name patterns and choose different actions. His training includes a Master of Arts in Agency Counseling from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a residency in Pastoral Marriage and Family Therapy. He also earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama.
Over his career he has worked in many settings and with a wide range of concerns. John draws on several approaches in sessions, including attachment-based and client-centered methods, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally focused ideas, and existential themes. He adapts his style to each person's needs and goals rather than following a single formula.
People often come with problems tied to family patterns, abandonment or attachment worries, blended family stress, fatherhood issues, or workplace and caregiver strain. He has experience supporting LGBTQ individuals and addressing issues like isolation, communication problems, and first responder stress. John invites people to explore change at a pace that feels manageable to them.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationships shape current bonds. In online sessions this approach helps people notice patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own goals and pace; the therapist listens and follows what the client brings to each session, which can be especially helpful when checking in by video or phone. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers clear tools for managing intense emotions and improving coping skills. Skills can be taught and practiced in short video visits or reinforced via text messages between sessions.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person's life and adjust the work as needed.
Online options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats increase flexibility and help people keep momentum when life gets busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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