About John
John Rego is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, and major life changes. He also works with concerns such as addiction, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and career uncertainty.
Background and approach
With two decades of experience, he aims to make early steps feel manageable for people who are unsure where to begin. He uses a straightforward, respectful approach in sessions.
Conversations are shaped around what matters most to the client. Goals and next steps are practical and paced to fit real life demands.
John adapts his style to each person rather than applying a one-size-fits-all plan. John draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns.
He uses client-centered methods to create a calm space for discovery. Cognitive behavioral tools are used when someone needs concrete ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
He brings 20 years of professional experience in community and clinical settings. That background informs a flexible way of working with trauma, loss, and long-term mood concerns like depression and bipolar.
Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings as well as understanding deeper patterns. People who choose John typically want a practical path forward with room for honest conversation.
He explains options clearly and helps set achievable steps. The aim is steady progress toward more satisfying relationships and daily life that feels less overwhelming.
How his approaches work in online therapy
John often uses attachment-based ideas to help people see how early relationship patterns shape current responses. This approach looks at how closeness and distance show up now and can help with relationship worries, abandonment concerns, and attachment issues.He also uses client-centered methods that focus on the person’s perspective and goals. That approach means sessions move at the client’s pace and center what the person finds most important in their life. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used when practical tools are needed to change thinking patterns and behaviors tied to anxiety, depression, or addiction.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss options and collaborate on a plan that fits the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may shift over time as goals change or new issues emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues, phone calls can work when bandwidth is low, chat can be a quick way to check in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English