John Uriarte

John Uriarte is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Texas with 39 years of clinical practice. He earned a Master of Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987 and brings long-standing experience addressing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related challenges. His training includes clinical hypnotherapy alongside a range of psychotherapeutic approaches that inform a practical, person-centered style.

He served 24 years in the U.S. Army and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, providing counseling to soldiers and their families during active service and deployment. He has continued similar work with the Department of Veterans Affairs and with individuals facing transitions such as divorce, midlife shifts, and other life changes. Those consulting him will find a clinician who combines military and civilian practice experience to address phase-of-life issues, grief, compassion fatigue, and concerns around intimacy and relationships.

Uriarte lists a broad set of specialties that include PTSD, coping with life changes, self-esteem, parenting, sleep difficulties, and anger. He frames work around listening, support, and practical skills drawn from acceptance-based and cognitive approaches, along with trauma-informed and hypnotherapeutic techniques when appropriate.