About John
John Henry is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than three decades of clinical work and an earlier career in education. He brings a long history of helping people navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, parenting struggles, grief, and addiction. His background includes both community mental health and hospital settings in California, giving him a broad view of common challenges.
Before moving into full-time therapy, he spent thirteen years as an educator and developed expertise in early childhood education.
How John works
That early work included parenting workshops and classroom consultation. Over the years he has also offered training and supervision to graduate interns and other clinicians for more than two decades. His approach grows out of psychodynamic thinking that pays attention to how relationships shape daily life.
He mixes this with attachment-based ideas to look at how patterns form, and with cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness practices are used to help people manage stress in the moment. Sessions are practical and conversational.
He aims to help people name what is happening, try new ways of responding, and build clearer communication. He also draws on trauma-focused methods when past events interfere with current functioning. John works with adults on a range of life and mood issues and offers support around parenting, family concerns, LGBT topics, and multicultural matters.
His practice reflects long experience in clinical care, training, and community consultation in California.
John lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approach and online options for relationship and trauma work
John draws on attachment-based ideas and psychodynamic thinking to understand how past and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. Attachment-based work looks at repeated patterns between people and helps clients shift how they connect. Psychodynamic therapy pays attention to long-standing relational themes and how those themes affect daily life and choices.He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT-style work can help when anxiety, depression, or mood swings get in the way of everyday functioning. Together these approaches allow both insight into patterns and hands-on tools to manage symptoms and improve communication.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust methods as progress is made. Clients are invited to weigh in on what feels useful so therapy fits their life and aims.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video works well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support shorter check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility and accessibility for different routines and comfort levels.
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