About John
John Looney is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with seven years of experience. He greets new clients with a straightforward, approachable style and focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and anxiety. Parents reading on a phone will find short, clear explanations and a calm tone.
He helps people talk through relationship problems, trauma and abuse, and worries about self-esteem and confidence. He also supports those facing grief, career shifts, sleep or eating concerns, and challenges tied to ADHD or chronic illness.
Background and approach
Phobias are listed among his areas of interest and are addressed within broader anxiety work. In sessions he aims to identify the small changes that make daily life easier. He blends listening with tools that people can use between meetings.
Expect collaborative goal-setting and simple homework to practice new ways of coping. John uses several well-known approaches to guide sessions, including attachment-focused ideas, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and methods that help process difficult memories. He adapts his style to each person's pace and comfort level.
The tone is supportive and action-oriented rather than academic. Clients can connect by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. He works in English and practices in Ohio.
If someone prefers an online first step, John offers flexible session formats to fit busy schedules and different needs.
How John Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and emotional responses; online work can help people notice patterns and try new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks worries and behaviors into parts so someone can test thoughts and build healthier habits for anxiety or depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is a method used to process distressing memories so they feel less overwhelming and disruptive. Finding the right approach is part of the process. John will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaborative plan can change as progress is made and priorities shift. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or continued skill practice between longer sessions. These formats give flexibility while keeping the focus on practical strategies and steady progress.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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