John Kinnaird(He/Him/His)

John Kinnaird is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Fort Collins, Colorado. John works with adults and seniors.

For 30 years John has partnered with clients to provide a safe place to create lasting change in their life. He works with trauma, PTSD, relationship conflicts including narcissistic abuse, anxiety, and addiction recovery. John is passionate about empowering people to uncover their own inner understanding to increase mental clarity and self-compassion. This work informs the goals and strategies to move life towards peace, health, success, social connectedness, and authenticity.

John's style is integrative and relational. He has training in Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Hypnotherapy and Neuroscience. John applies the best approach for each client's unique goals. He prioritizes a safe and relaxed atmosphere that incorporates education, humor and storytelling. From this secure place, clients build a collaborative plan to reduce emotional pain, identify specific goals, and improve difficult life situations.

Clients learn life challenges provide the opportunity to build mastery over emotional reactions while fostering self acceptance, confidence, and meaningful connections to themselves and others. Many clients see dramatic improvements in their lives in 1 to 3 months and sustained improvements thereafter.

John earned his Masters of Social Work from Arizona State University. He has certifications in Hypnotherapy and EMDR that are used to enhance client's progress. Outside of practice John lives an active life. John loves time with family, travel, weight lifting, outdoor activities and music.