Rev. John Reid

Rev. John Reid is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 25 years of professional counseling experience. He listens without judgment and aims to help people move past anger, grief, anxiety, and life changes. He offers a calm presence and practical support for parents, caregivers, and individuals facing relationship or career stress.

He began pastoral work in 1968 and later earned a Master’s Degree in Counseling in 1976. Over the decades he has worked in churches, a residential program for teen boys, public schools, and mental health agencies across North Carolina. He has also provided counseling to English-speaking clients in 33 countries, including Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean.

His background includes leadership roles in a Baptist association and long-term clinical practice at counseling agencies. He completed a five-year Gestalt training program with the Appalachian Gestalt Training Institute in Asheville, NC. He maintains his LCMHC by completing required continuing training hours every two years.

In sessions he focuses on listening deeply, understanding personal experience, and helping people find forgiveness and forward movement after mistakes. He uses familiar therapeutic tools from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior practices, existential reflection, and motivational interviewing to support change.

He also integrates faith when clients want spiritual guidance, using the Bible as a resource rather than a tool for judgment. Outside work he values family life and brings decades of real-world experience to conversations about parenting, blended families, and caregiver stress.

How his approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and creating a supportive space where they feel heard. This approach helps with anger, relationship strain, grief, and self-esteem by letting the client lead the pace and topics.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It offers practical exercises and small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, depression, and anger over time.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication, and tolerating distress. It can be useful for people who want concrete tools to handle anger and relationship conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and values. That choice may shift over time as needs change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allowing conversations from different locations and reducing travel time. If you prefer specific session types, confirm the available formats before booking. Practically, online work can support shorter check-ins, focused skill practice between sessions, and scheduling that aligns with school, work, or caregiving demands.