Rev. John Reid, LCMHC

Rev. John Reid, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina, has 25 years of counseling experience. He works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related issues. He describes his work as listening well, being non-judgmental, and drawing on long experience to help people move forward.

John began pastoral work in 1968 while in college and pastored two churches. He served more than 20 years as a Director of Missions for a Baptist association in western North Carolina. After that period he moved into professional counseling and accumulated decades of clinical work in agencies, residential care for teenage boys, public schools, and mental health settings.

He earned a master’s degree in counseling in 1976 and became a licensed counselor in 2007. He also completed a five-year Gestalt Therapy training program with Appalachian Gestalt Training Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. He maintains continuing education to meet license requirements.

His approach emphasizes listening and avoiding judgment. He says the Bible can be used in Christian counseling as a text and a resource, not as a weapon. He frames forgiveness and learning from mistakes as part of recovery and forward movement.

Reid reports experience working with adults and children across a range of mental health challenges and life stresses. He notes work with clients across many countries while providing English-language counseling. He lives in North Carolina and brings both pastoral and clinical backgrounds to his counseling practice.

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