About John
John Mclaughlin is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience and a BACP registration. He focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, motivation and relationship worries. John writes in straightforward language and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is uncertain or nervous.
In sessions he creates a calm space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
He listens closely and helps people name what matters to them. Conversations are practical and down to earth, with an eye on small changes that make life easier. John draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping.
He also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centred ideas when focusing on how relationships shape feelings. The mix is chosen to suit each person's goals rather than a single strict method. He has worked with concerns including grief, trauma, addictions, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
John also supports people with body image, chronic illness, blended family issues and intimacy-related worries when these come up in conversation. Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for international clients. Appointments use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and people start by completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule with him.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
John often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in sessions. ACT helps people clarify their values and take small steps aligned with what matters, useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical ways to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with low mood, sleep and worry.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose or blend approaches together. This is a collaborative process where plans are adjusted as the person notices what helps and what does not.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles, so people can focus on the work rather than travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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