About John
John Uriarte is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has practiced since 1987. He earned a Master of Social Welfare and brings decades of clinical experience to conversations about stress, loss, and life changes. He listens with directness and calm and helps people who decide to reach out for support.
He spent 24 years in the U.S. Army and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. During his service he counseled soldiers and family members through the strains of military life and wartime deployment.
Background and approach
After leaving the military he continued work with veterans in civilian settings, including the VA. John helps people manage anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. He also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and career transitions.
He uses straightforward discussion, practical strategies, and pacing that fits each person. His practice includes work with compassion fatigue, sleep problems, ADHD, and chronic illness or pain. He also helps people facing divorce, changes in family roles, and the emotional fallout of infidelity or separation.
He focuses on helping people find steady ground during big shifts. Sessions blend talk and skill-building to lower stress and improve day-to-day functioning. His style is direct and respectful, with attention to what clients want to change.
People who prefer clear guidance and tools often find his approach useful.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choosing actions that match personal values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce symptoms and improve routines, which is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy issues, communication problems, and family of origin concerns.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they adjust methods over time so the work fits the person rather than forcing a single model.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversational work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief contact and ongoing check-ins between sessions, which can help maintain progress and fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English