About John
John Looney is an LPCC licensed counselor based in Ohio who has seven years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical steps people can use right away. He meets people where they are and works to find what fits for them.
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. He also provides support around relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, grief, and trauma and abuse. Additional areas include ADHD, career questions, caregiver strain, and body image concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear goals and useful tools. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. He uses elements of Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past relationships shape current patterns.
John uses a client-centered stance during sessions. That means conversations are guided by what the person needs in the moment. He blends techniques to match each person's goals instead of offering a one-size-fits-all plan.
People meet him for a mix of short-term problem solving and longer work on deeper patterns. He often works with issues such as coping with life changes, managing anger, and rekindling motivation. Expect straightforward discussion and homework that fits into daily life.
He offers sessions in English and practices in Ohio. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability. John aims to make the process clear and manageable for those seeking help.
How his approaches work in online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns. In online work this can mean talking through relationship history and noticing repeated behaviors to help people make different choices now. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and daily functioning; it often uses short exercises and homework between sessions. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to keep, change, or stop. Online formats offer practical benefits that suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and between-session support easier to fit into a busy day. These options give flexibility for scheduling, pacing, and the level of interaction each person prefers.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English