About Giovanni
Giovanni Bass helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family struggles. He works with issues like addiction, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep trouble, anger, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Giovanni is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and he brings 14 years of experience to his practice in North Carolina.
His style is straightforward and practical. He listens first, then helps clients set clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, useful steps that build skills for everyday life. He uses tools that help people manage thoughts, feelings, and actions rather than long explanations. Giovanni combines behavioral tools with emotional work.
He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking. He also uses emotionally focused and Gottman-informed ideas to improve connection and communication. Mindfulness and acceptance strategies help when painful feelings won’t go away.
He adapts plans to common family and relationship patterns, including blended family issues, codependency, infidelity, and communication problems. He also addresses attachment concerns, control issues, guilt and shame, and midlife or men’s issues. Practical homework and check-ins are common parts of the process.
In online sessions he offers a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. The aim is to find ways of working that fit each person’s routine and goals. Giovanni helps clients figure out the next realistic step toward a livable, more connected life.
Therapeutic approaches for online healing and connection
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful habits and reactions. This approach is useful for worry, sleep problems, anger, and managing impulses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Giovanni will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and day-to-day needs. That means trying an approach, checking how it fits, and adjusting the plan together rather than sticking to one method from the start.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, California
- Languages
- English