John Doleski

John Doleski is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and depression. He also supports people facing trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, sleep and eating problems, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career transitions. John practices in Maryland and communicates in English. John draws on a range of evidence-based techniques in sessions. He focuses on practical skills people can use between meetings. Conversations are direct but warm, and he aims to make sessions feel approachable rather than clinical. Before his current work he spent nine years supporting active duty service members from all branches and their families in matters such as family advocacy, substance use, and psychotherapy. That experience shaped his approach to occupational stress, complex trauma, divorce, domestic violence, and child welfare related concerns. John uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Interpersonal Therapy, and Problem Solving Therapy. He tailors those methods to the issue a person brings and to their daily life constraints. People who choose him can expect straightforward conversations about goals and options. He aims to offer honest guidance without judgment and to help people build skills for coping and change. To begin, follow the site’s process to match and schedule sessions.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

John draws on methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Cognitive Processing Therapy helps people work through the impact of trauma by organizing thoughts and reducing stuck or blaming beliefs about traumatic events.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss a person's goals, symptoms, and daily routine to decide which techniques to try first and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm session formats before booking since the original biography does not specify them. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce commute time, and provide quicker access to a therapist for ongoing skill practice. Some people prefer shorter check-ins by phone when bandwidth or camera use is limited, while others use video to work more directly on verbal and visual cues. Ask about current options when scheduling so sessions match practical needs and preferences.