John Reardon
Practical support for meaningful change
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C, LICSW
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed in
- Rhode Island, Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About John
John Reardon is a licensed clinician with four years of professional experience. He holds an MD and two social work licenses - LCSW-C and LICSW. He frames therapy as a partnership and treats people as the experts on their own lives.
John aims to offer steady support as clients take steps toward change. He focuses on practical work in sessions. Conversations usually start with what feels most pressing, and then move to small, usable steps.
Background and approach
He listens for strengths and builds on them to tackle stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. John also addresses challenges like addiction, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and issues related to gender identity. He pays attention to backgrounds that include adoption and foster care, aging concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, and family of origin dynamics.
His approach keeps personal goals in view while attending to emotional safety. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented. He helps people set clear aims, try new strategies, and review what is or isn't working.
The tone is collaborative and respectful, not judgmental. Based in Maryland, John works in English and uses his clinical training to support people through tough moments. He encourages small steps and ongoing learning rather than quick fixes.
Practical approaches for online support and change
John uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear goals and usable skills. One common approach emphasizes identifying immediate stressors and teaching coping strategies that can be tried between sessions; this helps with anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. Another approach centers on building on personal strengths and reviewing what works and what does not; it can be useful for grief, life transitions, and relationship challenges.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they’ll try methods, adjust them over time, and select the mix that fits best for the client’s situation.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. These options let people fit sessions into busy days, follow up between meetings, and keep therapy going from different locations. Licensed professionals can adapt tools and exercises for each format so work continues smoothly regardless of how a session happens.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Rhode Island, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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