About John
John Reardon is a clinician based in Maryland with four years of professional experience. He holds an MD and is licensed as a LCSW-C and a LICSW. He frames therapy as a collaborative process and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
He focuses on practical work that helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. He also supports those dealing with trauma, addictions, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue.
How John works
Sexual orientation and gender-related concerns, including LGBT issues and gender dysphoria, are part of his practice focus. John helps people who struggle with relationships, intimacy, and communication problems. He also works with concerns around parenting, adoption and foster care, family of origin issues, and aging.
Issues such as codependency, dissociation, guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness are addressed in straightforward conversation. Sessions aim to identify small, doable steps that fit into a busy life. He encourages people to use their existing strengths and to build skills that reduce distress and increase day-to-day functioning.
The approach is collaborative and goal-oriented rather than overly academic. People can expect a calm, respectful atmosphere that focuses on what matters to them. John supports clients through life transitions, career questions, and end-of-life or hospice concerns.
He brings a plainspoken style and a focus on clear, measurable progress.
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
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and what to expect
John uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method emphasizes building coping skills and problem-solving strategies to manage stress, anxiety, and day-to-day mood challenges. Another approach centers on processing difficult experiences and grief through paced, supportive conversation that helps people make sense of traumatic events and loss.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as needed. This means clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most useful and make changes over time if something is not working.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and ongoing text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or people who prefer typed communication. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and help maintain progress between appointments.
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