About Jason
Jason Gearheart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 15 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering a steady, nonjudgmental presence. Many come to him for struggles with addiction, trauma, depression, and low self-esteem.
He creates a calm space where clients can say what matters to them and be heard. Sessions aim to help clients make small changes that matter day to day.
Background and approach
Jason listens closely and helps people set realistic steps toward clearer thinking and more satisfying choices. His approach draws from client-centered methods that prioritize the person's perspective. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Emotionally focused ideas guide work on relationships and attachment concerns. Jason helps people who are dealing with abandonment, communication problems, infidelity, guilt and shame, and body image worries. He also addresses less common concerns such as hoarding, certain personality-related struggles, and issues connected to kink and alternative sexual culture.
Practical matters are part of the work too. Sessions can explore coping skills, decision-making, and ways to reconnect with motivation. Jason aims to help clients move from surviving to building a life they want.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own perspective and pace, giving room to talk through feelings and decide what matters most. It helps when someone needs acceptance and a calm place to sort out personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how emotions shape relationships and attachment. It is useful for people who want to change how they connect, respond to hurt, or rebuild trust. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Jason collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan over time. Online sessions using video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can use less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can be helpful for quick check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options let people fit therapy into busy days and try different ways of communicating to see what works best.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English