About John
John Hammerle is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with ten years of experience. He focuses on common, painful problems like stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, and depression. He talks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone worried about reaching out.
He begins by listening to what matters most to the person in front of him. Conversations focus on current concerns and clear goals.
Background and approach
He helps people name unhelpful patterns and try small changes that fit their life. John draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. He uses these tools to help with mood shifts, impulsive reactions, and substance use struggles.
Sessions often include practical exercises and between-session actions to build momentum. Relationship challenges and communication problems are also a common focus. He brings elements of the Gottman Method to help people notice interaction habits and try different ways of talking.
He also addresses family of origin issues, fatherhood concerns, and money or midlife stress when they affect day-to-day functioning. People who come for help can expect direct feedback, clear steps to practice, and a steady focus on what the client wants to change. He works in English and is open to clients from outside the U.S. who prefer online sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
John blends cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify values and take committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult feelings.He also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Those lessons can make strong emotions easier to manage and reduce impulsive behaviors. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative - the therapist and client review problems, goals, and preferences and pick methods that make sense together.
Online sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets you work face-to-face for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing skill coaching. That flexibility helps people fit therapy into work, caregiving, and daily life while trying approaches that suit them.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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