About John
John Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. He works with concerns around relationships, grief, intimacy, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. John also supports people dealing with trauma, compassion fatigue, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.
John uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. He listens for how shame, guilt, and attachment patterns shape daily life. Then he helps people set small, doable goals and practice new ways of relating and coping.
How John works
Sessions are calm and focused on real steps clients can try between meetings. Over 12 years he has worked with issues tied to family of origin, communication problems, codependency, and substance use. He pays attention to abandonment and commitment concerns that show up in relationships.
That experience informs how he helps people rebuild trust in themselves and others. His approach blends tools that encourage present-moment action and changing unhelpful thinking. He also draws on motivational techniques to support change and short-term strategies to solve immediate problems.
The result is a plan that fits each person's needs and pace. People come for help with fatherhood issues, control struggles, forgiveness, and the emptiness that can follow major life shifts. John aims to make therapy understandable and usable so people leave sessions with a clearer next step.
John lists 4 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How ACT and CBT translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and values-based action. Online sessions use ACT to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values while managing painful feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. Over video or phone, CBT sessions often include brief behavioral tasks and thought records to try between meetings to reduce anxiety and depression.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, what has worked before, and what feels doable. Together they choose techniques that fit the person's needs and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls provide a close approximation of in-person sessions. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins, quick skill practice, and ongoing support between longer sessions, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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