Licensed to practice in Massachusetts and accepts 4 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD and 10 more.
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Hi, I’m John Manzoni-D’Arpino, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and National Certified Counselor. I’ve been practicing as a therapist for eight years and have more than 14 years of experience across behavioral health and human services. I work primarily with adults navigating anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, relationship concerns, and significant life or career transitions. My broader professional background includes crisis evaluation, correctional mental health, clinical oversight, child welfare, and work involving trauma and complex behavioral health needs. My approach is warm, direct, and collaborative. I draw from evidence-based and psychodynamic approaches, depending on what fits the person and the problem we’re working on. Therapy with me involves understanding not only what is happening now, but also the patterns, experiences, and ways of relating that may be keeping you stuck. We’ll work toward practical change while making room for the deeper work when it is useful.
Our first session is focused on understanding what brings you to therapy and what you would like to be different. We’ll talk about the concerns you’re facing, your goals, and enough of your background to begin understanding the larger context. I tend to ask thoughtful, sometimes fairly detailed questions, but the goal is not to force your story into a checklist. It is to understand the patterns that matter, identify where we should begin, and develop a plan that feels useful and realistic.
I listen closely, both to what you are saying and to the patterns underneath it. I try to understand the problem in context rather than reducing it to a symptom or diagnosis, and I am comfortable asking direct questions when something does not quite fit. My style is warm, collaborative, and practical. I am comfortable with intense emotions, complicated histories, and difficult conversations without becoming reactive or judgmental. If an approach is not helping, we will adjust rather than continuing simply because it is the approach we started with.
I work especially well with thoughtful adults who are functioning reasonably well on the outside but find themselves anxious, overwhelmed, burned out, dissatisfied, or repeatedly stuck in patterns they understand intellectually but have difficulty changing. Many of my patients are navigating demanding careers, relationships, identity questions, major transitions, or the accumulated effects of difficult earlier experiences. I also enjoy working with trauma survivors who are ready to understand and process their experiences at a manageable pace, as well as adults reflecting more broadly on meaning, relationships, and the direction of their lives. I am a good fit for people dealing with anxiety, depression, chronic stress, burnout, trauma-related concerns, relationship patterns, and significant life transitions. My experience in crisis, correctional, and higher-acuity behavioral health settings also means I am comfortable hearing complicated stories and discussing difficult subjects directly.
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
ADHD
Coping Skills
Family Conflict
First Responders/Healthcare Workers
LGBTQ
Life Transitions
Men's Issues
Personality Disorders
Self Esteem
Spirituality
LGBTQ
Man
Adults (18 to 64)
Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Anthem
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Psychodynamic therapy looks at how earlier experiences, relationships, defenses, and recurring emotional patterns can shape the way you experience yourself and other people in the present. We may pay attention to patterns that repeat across relationships, the meanings attached to strong emotional reactions, and ways of coping that once made sense but may no longer be serving you. The goal is greater self-understanding that leads to meaningful and durable change.
CBT focuses on the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behavior. It can be especially useful when anxiety, self-criticism, avoidance, or repetitive thinking keeps reinforcing the same distress. We may look closely at the assumptions and interpretations driving those patterns and experiment with different ways of responding. I use CBT as a tool rather than a formula, so the work is adapted to the actual problem rather than forcing every concern into a worksheet.
Some problems are not simply symptoms to eliminate. Major transitions, questions about identity, loss, uncertainty, responsibility, relationships, and meaning can require a different kind of conversation. Existential work creates room to examine those questions directly and think carefully about how you want to live in light of them. The aim is not to manufacture easy answers, but to develop greater clarity and a stronger sense of direction.
A strong therapeutic relationship matters. I work to create a setting where you can speak candidly, including about experiences or parts of yourself that may be difficult to discuss elsewhere. Person-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, authenticity, and respect for your autonomy. Those principles inform all of my work, even when we are using more structured or insight-oriented approaches.
My work is trauma-informed, meaning I pay close attention to safety, pacing, autonomy, and how past experiences may shape present patterns and relationships.
4 ratings with written reviews
August 18, 2026
So far John has been very understanding towards my situation. I believe he has good insights on how and why my behaviors have harmed myself in the recent past. It has been very good to talk about the things that have bothered me recently. It is been a struggle but getting better day by day with his help. Thank you
June 11, 2026
He's not judging what I'm saying, even when what I'm saying might be considered "mean" or "negative" by most people. Well, maybe he is, but not that I can tell, which is the point. Ha ha. I'm not interested in just talking about things and distinguishing things--thinking and intellectualizing is easy for me. I want actions to take, things I can do to interrupt my cycles. He's helping with that.
June 17, 2025
Great first appointment! I felt very comfortable with John from the very beginning. We talked about what I wanted to work on and what my goals are, and he seemed to already have a good idea of a solid treatment plan by the end of our first session. I very much look forward to working with him from here on out!