About John
John Self is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of practice in Texas. He focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and substance use challenges. He approaches sessions with respect for each person’s story and strengths.
John aims to help clients take small, manageable steps toward change. He centers sessions on the client's goals and what matters most to them. Conversations are collaborative and paced to what a person can handle.
Background and approach
The work often includes learning coping skills, building self-esteem, and improving communication patterns. John draws from several evidence-based approaches to shape sessions. He uses tools like mindfulness practices, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and skills training to address patterns that cause distress.
Homework and practical exercises are common to keep progress steady between meetings. Many clients come for help with grief, addiction recovery, trauma, or major life shifts. He also supports people dealing with parenting stress, sleep problems, anger, and career changes.
Discussions include real-life problem solving and planning for next steps. Sessions can include relaxation exercises, guided imagery, or focused skills practice depending on the client’s needs. The overall aim is to empower people to regain control, restore routines, and move toward a more fulfilling daily life.
How chosen approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice uncomfortable thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It uses values-based goals to guide small actions that matter to the client and can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing patterns of behavior. It breaks problems into steps and teaches practical skills to reduce worry, improve mood, and change behavior. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating to others and to themselves.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that match a client's needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions are collaborative, and the plan can be adjusted over time based on what is most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls work well for longer, face-to-face conversations and skills demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit during a commute break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to stay connected between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English