John Collins , LCSW

John Collins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 18 years of experience supporting adults through anxiety, trauma and PTSD, depression, anger management, substance use concerns, and a range of relationship difficulties. He combines a warm, person-centered stance with a psychodynamic foundation to help clients address both immediate symptoms and the deeper patterns that contribute to ongoing struggles. His work emphasizes helping people build practical coping skills while also creating space for longer-term emotional insight and stable change.

Collins is certified to provide Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when appropriate, and he draws on additional training in Jungian and existential ideas alongside psychodynamic methods to tailor care to each person. He holds a Master of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago, earned in 2010, and also completed studies in philosophy, theology, and consciousness studies before living and working in California, Illinois, and Indiana. He currently resides in Louisiana.

He works with a wide spectrum of concerns - stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, intimacy and relationship issues, self esteem and identity, and life transitions - and attends to related themes such as family of origin, fatherhood, midlife questions, and feelings of isolation. His clinical approach aims to make clients feel understood and supported while developing new ways of coping and communicating to improve daily functioning and personal relationships.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

John Collins integrates client-centered therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and EMDR into his online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening carefully to each person's experience and creating a collaborative, accepting space where clients set the pace and goals of treatment - it is useful for building self-esteem, improving relationships, and addressing anxiety. Psychodynamic therapy explores recurring patterns, early relationships, and unconscious themes that shape current behavior and emotional responses - this approach can help with long-standing issues and life transitions by increasing self-awareness and insight. EMDR is a structured, evidence-informed method for processing traumatic memories; it is used when trauma symptoms interfere with daily functioning and when reprocessing past events may reduce their emotional intensity. He is certified to provide EMDR when appropriate.

Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, consider how different methods may help, and adjust the plan over time to match evolving needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to engage from home or other convenient locations, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care during busy or transitional periods. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to deliver focused sessions, skill-building, and ongoing support that fit a client’s schedule and circumstances.