About John
John Crusius is a Licensed Professional Counselor who uses client-centered work to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and questions about meaning. He draws on practical methods so conversations stay focused and useful. His direct, steady style aims to make therapy feel approachable for someone worried and looking for help.
He has practiced in Texas for 12 years, combining personal work and contract roles. That experience includes helping people with substance use, ADHD, grief, bipolar mood concerns, career shifts, and relationship and intimacy-related struggles.
Background and approach
He also supports people coping with life changes that leave them feeling empty or off-course. Sessions mix talk and skill-building. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns.
Client-Centered Therapy guides how he listens and reflects. Mindfulness techniques are offered when clients want tools for anxiety, sleep, or emotional regulation. John also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people weigh change when they feel stuck, and Existential Therapy to look at values and purpose when life feels meaningless.
Treatment plans are shaped to each person rather than following a fixed script. He often includes simple practices to try between sessions. People who come to him for help can expect a straightforward approach.
He aims to clarify immediate steps while also addressing deeper concerns over time. John views each person as the expert on their life and helps them build the skills and insight needed to move forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes attentive listening and reflection, helping people feel heard and understood as they name what matters most. This approach is useful for building goals, improving self-understanding, and addressing feelings like emptiness or low self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then testing small changes. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing impulsivity or addictive urges.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That can mean starting with skill-building and later shifting to values work, or combining mindfulness practices with motivational conversations.
Online formats offer flexibility for different rhythms of care. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions for deeper conversations. Phone sessions fit shorter check-ins or situations with lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief coaching-style check-ins, coping tools between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while exploring approaches that suit them.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English