About John
John Crusius is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Texas with 12 years of clinical experience. He offers straightforward, practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, ADHD, and life changes. John writes plainly and listens carefully to figure out what matters to each person.
He uses a client-centered stance that places the person’s goals at the center of sessions. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and try out new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are offered when clients want tools for settling the body and focusing attention. John often meets people who are coping with loss, relationship and family strains, career transitions, or feelings of emptiness and low self-worth. He also addresses impulse-related concerns, substance use, sleep problems, and stress from work or caregiving roles.
Conversations focus on practical steps clients can try between sessions. His style is collaborative and adaptive. He listens for what a person needs, then adjusts the plan - mixing short-term problem solving with deeper discussion about meaning when that is helpful.
Meditation and simple mindfulness exercises are commonly introduced if the client is open to them. John describes his move into counseling as a personal shift toward work that matters. That background shapes how he supports people searching for clearer direction and renewed purpose.
He aims to make therapy useful and relatable from the first session.
Using Practical Approaches in Online Therapy
John draws from client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and following the client’s lead to set goals and priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the pace of work around their needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers concrete exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving when managing anxiety, depression, impulse issues, or ADHD-related challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. John will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best for their goals and situation. That may mean brief solution-focused steps at first, then adding mindfulness or deeper existential discussion as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work for people who prefer to check in between sessions or communicate without scheduling a full call. These formats aim to make consistent care practical for busy lives and varied schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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