About Jon
Jon Barnes is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with 10 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and trauma. He works directly with individuals facing relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and problems like anger, low self-esteem, or ADHD.
Jon aims to make sessions straightforward and focused on practical steps clients can use right away. He favors a person-centered style that places the client’s own goals and values at the center of the work.
Background and approach
In sessions he listens closely, asks questions that clarify what matters most, and adapts methods to each person. That might mean trying cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thought patterns or using acceptance-focused tools when feelings are intense. Jon also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns.
He uses parts of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation or crisis skills are needed. These approaches are mixed into a plan that fits each situation rather than a single fixed method. His background includes a master’s degree in counseling and a bachelor’s in human services.
Over a decade of clinical work has included substance use, abuse-related trauma, and a range of mood and behavior concerns. He aims to make sessions practical and supportive for people navigating life changes. People who choose Jon can expect clear explanations, collaborative goal-setting, and tools to use between meetings.
He offers sessions in English and accepts clients from outside the United States.
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling
Jon often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on values and small committed actions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and many everyday stressors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jon collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. He adapts tools over time and checks in to see what helps and what doesn’t.
Online therapy with Jon is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions, and flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep consistent progress while fitting therapy into daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- 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
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English