John Swan, LMHC

John Swan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with ten years of experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening, reflecting, and working with their own strengths. He aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear. He helps with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, and motivation struggles. He also supports clients facing addiction, compassion fatigue, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns. Relationship and family issues, parenting questions, career decisions, and old wounds from family of origin are also part of his work. John uses practical approaches in sessions and treats the person rather than a label. He builds on what is already working for each person and helps identify small, achievable steps. Sessions often include talking through patterns, testing new ways of coping, and setting concrete goals to track progress. His practice draws on Client-Centered ideas that prioritize the client's perspective and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques that link thoughts, feelings, and actions. He also uses Motivational Interviewing to support change and Solution-Focused techniques to set near-term goals. People who come to him usually want straightforward help they can apply between sessions. He encourages honesty and curiosity in the room, and he supports people as they try new behaviors. Making a change takes courage, and he aims to make that process clearer and more doable.

How John’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s lead. In practice this means the therapist reflects what the client says and helps them name their priorities, which can be useful for issues like low self-esteem, grief, and LGBT-related concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small behavior changes that can ease anxiety, depression, and stress.

Motivational Interviewing helps people who feel stuck find reasons to try change. It uses gentle questions and planning to build motivation for steps like reducing addictive behaviors or addressing career or parenting goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining listening-focused work with CBT exercises or using motivational techniques to support follow-through.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making scheduling more flexible. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and goal-setting to work well over distance, helping people apply what they practice in real life.