About John
John Bazan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas with ten years of experience. John uses straightforward talk and practical tools to help people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and other life challenges. He values direct support and respects each person's own pace for change.
John focuses on day-to-day problems like managing mood, coping with grief, and handling relationship tensions. He also works with issues related to gender dysphoria, sexual health, and alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.
Background and approach
People bring concerns about self-esteem, anger, and navigating big life transitions. His style is collaborative and person-focused. Sessions concentrate on what matters to the individual and on small changes that add up.
He blends practical strategies, mindfulness skills, and values-based planning to help people move forward. John draws on a mix of therapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and skills-based work from dialectical behavior therapy. He adapts tools to a person's daily routine so skills feel doable between sessions.
Clients can expect clear goals, straightforward feedback, and steady encouragement. John accepts international clients and offers sessions in English. People interested in starting will be guided through an easy sign-up and scheduling process.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward them. It focuses on what matters most and teaches skills to stay committed to those values while tolerating difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replaces them with practical strategies that change daily routines and mood. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus; these practices can help with stress, anger, and emotional ups and downs.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That plan can shift over time as needs change and progress is tracked together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be less demanding on bandwidth or faster to arrange. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between sessions. These options provide flexibility and help people stick with the work over time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English