About John
John Swan is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with ten years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, mood concerns, relationship strain, addictions, and ADHD. He approaches the work with straightforward support and respect for each person’s story.
He believes clients are the experts on their own lives and brings that view into sessions. He asks questions, listens, and helps people notice strengths they may have missed.
Background and approach
That practical, respectful approach guides small changes that add up. In sessions he mixes goal-focused tools with conversations about meaning and identity. He uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking and from solution-focused work to set clear, manageable goals.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change, and narrative ideas help people reframe difficult experiences. John aims to create a calm, direct space where problems are named and next steps are planned. He supports people facing LGBT-related concerns, compassion fatigue, parenting stress, career crossroads, and family-of-origin issues.
He also works with people coping with trauma, grief, and major life transitions. People interested in practical guidance and steady support often find his style useful. He encourages small experiments between sessions and checks progress together.
For those wanting help sorting priorities and building new habits, he offers clear, step-by-step work.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experience, offering a listening, nonjudgmental stance so people can speak openly about stress, identity, or grief. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thought patterns and test new behaviors in day-to-day life, which can be practiced between sessions and tracked online. Motivational interviewing is useful when someone feels stuck about change, using short conversations to clarify values and boost readiness for steps forward.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will work with each person to decide which techniques fit current concerns, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. The goal is to blend practical tools with conversations that make sense to each person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues help, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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