About John
John Bensinger is a licensed counselor with 40 years of professional experience. He practices from a person-centered stance and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, anger, and low self-esteem. He starts by listening and treating each person as the expert on their own life.
Then he helps identify strengths and small steps that can lead to change. Sessions are practical and aimed at clear, manageable goals. Over decades of work he has supported people through grief, depression, bipolar challenges, and major life changes.
How John works
He also assists those facing parenting strain, caregiver stress, relationship and communication problems, and body image concerns. His experience includes many complex situations such as co-occurring issues and trauma-related symptoms. John uses methods that fit the person’s needs, drawing on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, and mindfulness skills.
He also integrates motivational interviewing and trauma-focused approaches when those match a person’s goals. The emphasis is on collaboration and useful techniques rather than labels. He is licensed in North Carolina as an LCMHC and holds an LPC in Pennsylvania.
Sessions are offered in English and can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step are used to match clients and set up appointments.
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What John works with
The areas below are the ones John selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person’s perspective and building on their strengths. In online sessions this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps set goals that feel manageable. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them. It can be used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many everyday struggles through structured exercises done between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize client-centered listening, CBT tools, mindfulness practices, or trauma-focused work as needed, and they adapt methods as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping care consistent.
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