About John
John Gilbert is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with three decades of clinical experience. He uses practical, down-to-earth methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship concerns. John works from a calm, straightforward stance and aims to make sessions clear and useful.
John spent years in state hospitals and independent practice before focusing on individualized outpatient work. He has experience with trauma, chronic pain, addiction, and career and life transitions.
Background and approach
That background informs how he organizes sessions and sets achievable goals with each person. In session he combines client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work. He also incorporates hypnotherapy and existential ideas when they fit a person’s goals.
Sessions often move between talking, practical exercises, and short focused interventions to build momentum. John helps people who struggle with self-esteem, coping with change, parenting strains, and compassion fatigue. He also supports those facing communication problems, family of origin issues, and challenges linked to autism or intellectual disability.
His approach is to address immediate concerns first, then work toward longer-term change. People who choose John can expect straightforward feedback, clear homework when it helps, and a focus on usable skills. He aims to help clients get unstuck and make steady progress toward the life they want.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
John often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on attentive listening and following the person's concerns so the session reflects what matters most to them. This approach helps people feel heard and helps set the agenda for practical steps forward. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is another core tool. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches straightforward skills to interrupt unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try out strategies, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. This is a collaborative process where the client’s preferences and needs shape the plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, manage medical or mobility limits, or keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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