About John
John Hammerle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with ten years of experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, anger, or problems with addiction. He aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward for anyone considering therapy.
He works in a direct and conversational way. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what the client wants to change. John listens for patterns that cause distress and helps people try new responses in everyday life.
Background and approach
Practical skills are a common part of his work. He uses strategies to manage strong emotions, reduce anxiety, and address addictive behaviors. He also helps people repair or improve close relationships and navigate trust and communication problems.
John pays attention to how early family experiences and attachment shape current choices and reactions. He also explores life purpose, midlife concerns, financial stress, and challenges that often come with fatherhood and men's roles. Conversations often include managing impulses and repairing harm after infidelity or conflict.
Sessions are collaborative. John helps people set clear goals and checks progress along the way. His style balances practical tools with a focus on values and meaning, so people leave sessions with both immediate coping strategies and longer-term direction.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
John commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. CBT looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical techniques to reduce anxiety and change behavior.He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation and impulsivity are central concerns. DBT offers clear, step-by-step tools for managing intense feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness.
Choosing the right approach is a shared task. The therapist will help figure out which methods fit a person's goals, life situation, and learning style. Sessions begin with simple goals and adapt over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people work face-to-face when schedules and bandwidth allow. Phone sessions can work when video is not convenient or to fit a break at work. Chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer writing to talking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English