John Rigney, LPCC

Kentucky · 40 years in practice

John Rigney is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and big life changes.

License and registration

LPCC, Kentucky: 104722 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1871956904 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About John

John Rigney is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and big life changes. He works from Kentucky and uses practical, down-to-earth language so people can focus on the issues that matter most to them. He helps people untangle painful patterns that come from relationships and family history.

Sessions often look at how past hurts affect current choices and feelings.

Background and approach

John encourages simple, concrete steps clients can try between meetings. His style blends depth and clarity. He draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols while also using client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral tools to address thinking and behavior.

Mindfulness and narrative approaches are added when they fit a person’s needs. John has a long history working with people facing loss, major transitions, and identity questions. He can help with attachment struggles, low self-esteem, codependency, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce.

He also supports people coping with illness, aging, and complex trauma. Sessions are conversational and paced to the individual. He focuses on helping people notice patterns, try small changes, and build coping skills.

The aim is clearer thinking and more steady day-to-day functioning. People who prefer thoughtful, experience-informed guidance tend to find his approach helpful. He combines curiosity about meaning with straightforward techniques to reduce distress and increase agency.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything John lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Cancer
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Control issues
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues

Approaches John names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online care

John often uses Jungian Therapy to look at symbols, dreams, and life stories to help people find meaning in difficult experiences. That approach can be useful for people facing identity questions, grief, or deep shifts in life direction.

He also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening space where the person leads the pace and focus of sessions. This helps people feel heard and decide what matters most to work on. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes that reduce anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels most useful. Together they choose methods to try and check in on what is working over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions can require less bandwidth or be easier when on the move, and live chat or text-based messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does John commonly address?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like abandonment, attachment problems, and family of origin concerns.

What is his therapeutic style like?

His style mixes depth-oriented reflection with practical tools. Sessions focus on understanding patterns and trying small behavioral changes between meetings.

How much experience does he have?

He brings 40 years of clinical experience to his practice, drawing on a range of approaches developed over that time.

Where is he licensed and based?

He holds the LPCC credential and practices from Kentucky as a licensed professional clinical counselor.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

He meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are arranged via a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

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