John Daughtrey, LCSW-C, LCSW

John Daughtrey is a licensed clinical social worker who combines practical talk therapy with body-focused techniques. He brings six years of clinical experience and focuses on relationship concerns alongside stress, anxiety, trauma, and other life challenges. He works in Maryland and offers services in English.

John uses approaches that link thoughts, emotions, and body responses. He often draws on eye movement methods and mindfulness to help process painful memories and reduce overwhelm. Sessions are paced to each person's needs and emphasize small, doable steps between meetings.

He helps people struggling with low self-esteem, anger, grief, and parenting stress. He also addresses intimacy-related issues, workplace strain, and questions about life purpose. Additional focus includes attachment issues, social anxiety, ADHD, and autistic adults seeking clearer communication strategies.

In sessions he listens first and then suggests tools that fit the person's life. Therapy can include guided attention exercises, tracking patterns that keep problems going, and techniques aimed at easing intense reactions to memories. The goal is clearer thinking and more choice in daily moments.

John's background includes work across age groups and a long interest in how the brain heals after trauma. He uses that perspective to help people update old painful memories and build healthier responses. If someone wants to begin, they can start with the site process to see if his style feels like a fit.

Therapy approaches that work well online and in session

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters most and take small actions toward those values. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts without getting stuck and committing to behavior changes that match personal goals. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current connections. It can help people understand why they react certain ways in relationships and practice new ways of relating. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, works with distressing memories by pairing focused attention with bilateral stimulation to reduce emotional charge around past events.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Together they decide which techniques to use and how quickly to proceed, based on comfort and progress.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports using mindfulness exercises and guided processing from wherever the client is located, while the therapist helps tailor sessions to everyday life and practical steps between meetings.