John Lawson, LMFT

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John Lawson

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

John Lawson received his Masters Degree in counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from East Tennessee State University. He went on to become a Board Certified and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist(LFMT) in the State of Tennessee, as well as a Licensed School Counselor (LSC). John has worked in both professional clinical settings, school-based counseling settings with children, and also church-based counseling settings (Indian Path Pavilion, Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital, The Unicoi County School System, and the Watauga Baptist Counseling Association). John has also taught on the graduate level as an adjunct instructor in the counseling program at Milligan College, and he sits on the program's advisory board.

John has 19 years of mental health experience working with families, couples, and individuals. He enjoys treating those who are moving through challenges of addiction and emotional distress. John has extensive training in both cognitive and emotive therapy styles as well as family system theory and narrative orientations. John believes that coming to counseling and seeking help are acts of courage on the part of clients and families. He delivers passion and energy to assisting his clients move through the challenging times in their lives. John has participated in specialized trainings for crisis management, play therapy, grief counseling, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, and trauma recovery.

John has been married to his wife Heather for almost 15 years and has two sons. John welcomes meeting people from all backgrounds and uses faith-based approaches only if this is in the comfort level of the client or families.

He accepts AETNA, BCBS, CIGNA, HUMANA, COMPSYCH, OPTUM, Tri-Care East, and UMR.

His self pay rate is $105 for intake visits and $85 after that for regular visits.