John McBride, LCSW
Louisiana · 40 years in practice
John McBride is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience who uses an existential approach alongside practical therapies.
License and registration
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 3736 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1396797262 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About John
John McBride is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience who uses an existential approach alongside practical therapies. He meets people where they are and focuses on helping them make sense of life changes and hard choices. He speaks in straightforward language and aims to make the work feel manageable from the first session.
He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and family conflict.
Background and approach
He also addresses difficulties like trauma and abuse, intimacy struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and career pressures. Additional areas he supports include abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, blended family stress, codependency, and challenges around separation or divorce. In sessions he combines existential ideas with acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-based perspectives, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral strategies.
That mix lets him address both immediate coping skills and deeper questions about meaning, values, and connection. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps people can use between meetings and clearer ways to think about difficult feelings. John practices in Louisiana and conducts therapy in English.
He encourages people to notice their strengths and to try small experiments between sessions. He understands that starting therapy can feel daunting and works to make the process straightforward and respectful. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions.
He offers multiple online formats so people can choose what fits their life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything John lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches John names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Existential and Practical Therapies Online
Existential Therapy helps people look at life questions and personal values when facing change or loss. It focuses on meaning, responsibility, and how choices shape a person’s life, which can be helpful for emptiness, life transitions, or major decisions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and committing to actions that match your values. It’s often used for anxiety, depression, and stress when people want tools to act despite difficult feelings.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections affect current behavior. It can help people improve intimacy, address attachment concerns, and understand relationship triggers.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying out strategies and adjusting the plan together over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people share between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what feels best.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does John address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, and related challenges like abandonment and codependency.
What is his general therapeutic style?
He uses an existential perspective combined with practical methods. Sessions include listening, exploring values and meaning, and building small, useful coping skills.
How much experience does he bring?
He brings 40 years of professional experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Louisiana.
What credential does he hold and where is he located?
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Louisiana and practices out of that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and he also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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