I was a mess. Feeling frightened to do things, meet people, all the time. John was able to help me stay connected, allow me to open up and work at my own pace. His suggestions for exercise are very helpful and lay the foundation for next steps. I'm confident today and am able to deal with stress, threats, and other nasty feelings that come from daily life & encounters. Even feeling at ease with stressors. And I continue to get better. I owe it all to John and the hard work we've done together. Thank you Dr. Slate! I highly recommend him to anyone who have terrible thoughts and think life is not worthwhile, but are making the first brave step to seek help.
Dr. John Slate, LPC
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
John is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 4.5 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with John. View 88 reviews
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Tennessee and Tennessee
Recent reviews
Approachable and extremely helpful therapist. Proved to me that online therapy can be as effective as in person therapy.
More about John
- 45 years' experience
- Male
- LPC, LPC-MHSP
I have been a counselor for over 45 years. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Mental Health Service Provider with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. My specialty areas include: working with adult children of dysfunctional families, addictions, PTSD, anxiety, depression, relationships, domestic violence, obsessive disorders, and schizophrenia. I have worked in a state-run mental health hospital, in an addiction treatment center, and in non-profit organizations. I recently worked as the clinical manager over two locations of 12 clinicians in private practice. I have been married to my wife for 50 years. Life has often been difficult and confusing for me; therefore, clients find me compassionate and non-judgmental. Perhaps you have issues that are overwhelming. I have discovered that it is never too late to change, to walk a more positive and happy life. Together, we can develop a plan and work through your stressful situations to recovery and healing.
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Dr. John Slate's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821607557.
- LPC · Tennessee · 3741 · Expires October 2025
- LPC-MHSP · Tennessee · 3741 · Expires October 2025
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Reviews for Dr. John Slate
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
I was a mess. Feeling frightened to do things, meet people, all the time. John was able to help me stay connected, allow me to open up and work at my own pace. His suggestions for exercise are very helpful and lay the foundation for next steps. I'm confident today and am able to deal with stress, threats, and other nasty feelings that come from daily life & encounters. Even feeling at ease with stressors. And I continue to get better. I owe it all to John and the hard work we've done together. Thank you Dr. Slate! I highly recommend him to anyone who have terrible thoughts and think life is not worthwhile, but are making the first brave step to seek help.
Approachable and extremely helpful therapist. Proved to me that online therapy can be as effective as in person therapy.
Very understanding and kind person, who always looks out for my best interests
Dr Slate creates an incredibly strong appeal to logic, which is the exact opposite of anxiety. Having dealt with anxiety, the high volume of strategies he offered that appealed to logic were a great help for me. He repeats certain phrases that you can latch on to that help apply coping strategies in real life, every day. Dr Slate is kind, attentive, humorous, and effective. He also is adaptive, learned what helped me most and made that the bulk of the material he gave me. Glad I got paired with him!
He is a kind and reasonable man. He is very sweet.
He’s good at what he does
He listens to my concerns and feelings. After a session I feel like I have some control of my life. It makes me feel better about my life.
He’s really nice he found the root of my problem and immediately started working at it.
Dr. Slate has already introduced me to new insights on the issues I am dealing with within my first couple of weeks. Kind, respectful and very understanding. It's been an encouraging start to my therapy journey.
He helped me when I was at my lowest, and guided me to a better place in my mind
Dr. Slate is always a pleasure to talk to. He’s great at listening to my thoughts and providing useful feedback or advice to help me understand what I’m going through. He’s given me multiple tools and techniques to try out to see what works for me. I’ve only had a few sessions with him so far, but I’m already feeling a lot better. I highly recommend him to anyone who is feeling overwhelmed or stressed out with life.
Nice to talk to
He is kind and insightful
I really enjoy working with Dr. Slate
Very understanding and engaging
Dr. Slate is gifted at cutting right through my problems and getting to the root of the issue. He provides positive and meaningful insights that are still simple enough to incorporate into my daily life. Although I have only seen him a couple times, he has already impacted my quality of life and philosophy.
Has given the best advice is an overview of how to look at life and how to improve myself, but also look at how far I’ve come. Listen to well and is patient when responding.
Dr. Slate has been very patient to listen to my concerns, and has deep understanding of my challenges. He offers very simple and practical solutions. He has been very helpful to me in these few sessions. Thank you.
Great man! A pleasure to work with.
Dr. Slate has been wonderful for the time I've been using BetterHelp. He gets what I'm trying to say when I'm not sure how to say it sometimes, which is great, because I don't know how to speak sometimes.
Excellent doctor, highly recommend!
I feel very comfortable talking and expressing myself with Dr.Slate. I feel no sense of judgment but support in moving towards a better part in my life.
Dr.Slate offer a great insight to my concerns that help guide my decisions and actions
Dr. Slate genuinely cares about his clients. When he sees articles (I LOVE articles) that he thinks may help me process my current situation, he sends them to me. He is so kind and non-judgmental and has helped me through one of the hardest times of my life. I have been recommending him to anyone who will listen!
He is amazing a great an is very understanding a listens very well. I have enjoyed him being my therapist an always look forward to our sessions
Dr. Slate is a great listener! I feel he really gave me his 100% attention whenever I discussed my problems that I was dealing with and asked great questions for me to reflect upon. He also gave me great resources for dealing with them!
Very helpful
Dr. Slate is patient and kind. He has helped me better take control of my life for myself. I highly recommend Dr. Slate!
Dr.Slate is very cool , id recommend him to everyone any day.
Dr. Slate has been such a blessing. I am grateful for him.
Great insight! Wonderful listener! Helpful suggestions and insuring that I am on the correct path. Thank you Dr Slate!
Dr. Slate is an amazing resource. He has deep experience, listens well, and is highly empathetic. For me, me had the ability to see to the heart of my issue and quickly provide counsel in a loving and caring manner. I highly recommend him!
Seems understanding and knowledgeable in the field. His responses thus far have been very helpful
He has been great. He is understanding and has a very good head on his shoulders. He has a very calming voice and a great way of helping change how you view past and current experiences
Learnt a lot. Patient, knowledgle. A great listener and very good assesments and pep talks. Thank you and best wishes, to you Doctor Slate.
Dr. Slate is knowledgeable, helpful, and upbeat. His positive and optimistic viewpoint is just what I need.
Very respectful and easy to connect with
Dr. Slate is awesome and understanding!!
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Great experience, blessed to have him in my life.
Dr Slate is very experienced and knowledgable. His pragmatic and personalised approach really helped me make progress in key areas.
He's great
Great Therapist! Helped a lot
Dr. Slate has helped me in so many ways. It truly is a no judgement zone with him. He makes me feel comfortable and truly tries to understand and help me with whatever issues I'm struggling with. Therapy was a great decision and I was extra lucky to be matched with him. He has truly helped me be a happier person and feel more fulfilled with my life. Thank you, Dr. Slate.
Dr. Slate is fantastic!
He’s great
Dr. Slate was able to quickly and effectively help me with an acute personal and professional situation and get me back to work and life. Thanks so much!
Dr. Slate is fantastic! Best therapist I've ever had!
Good
I think Dr. Slate really understands me and provides great insight to work through the underlying issues that I need to resolve.
Dr. Slate is an amazing therapist.
I like Dr.Slate
Wonderful, caring therapist
Dr Slate is kind and intuitive.
Dr. Slate is so patient and understanding. He challenges me to question what I normally wouldn’t have and encourages me to be a better version of myself. Highly recommend his expertise.
Thank you so much for all your help, I tackled problems that I always wanted to
Very dedicated, full of knowledge, compassionate..
Dr. Slate comes into sessions prepared with information, ideas, and tools to use. He is a great listener and pulls from his experience and wealth of knowledge. I always feel better equipped after our sessions and in a healthier frame of mind .
He is very understanding of my issues and helped guide me through them. I feel as though I'm in a better mindset due to his help.
I trust Dr Slate’s advice, he has wisdom and gives me resources that help me with a deeper understanding.
I highly appreciate the sessions with Dr. Slate. Within a very short time, he hit the nail spot on, whatever my matter is. He finds very useful articles as "brainfood", which puts me in the situation of looking at the matter from a different angle. Within 4 weeks, I feel so much better - still a way to go but with Dr. Slate's life experience and practical hints I will get there. Many thanks Dr. Slate - I much enjoy feeling better.
Dr Slate has been great so far. Given his life experience I feel he was able to hone in on the issues I need to work on. He’s also super friendly and understanding.
Dr Slate has been very helpful in getting me through a very rough time in my life. He's also helped me in understanding the dynamics of my issues and where they stem from. He's been a tremendous asset on this road of life.
Dr. Slate is very personable. I felt like sharing with a friend from the start. He understood quickly my consurns and had related reference materials ready for me to work on or think over = homework. It was very helpful!!!
Dr. Slate has been great to work with! He is very experienced and has lots of useful ressources so that I can work even when not in a session. He communicates very clearly and provides examples which is really useful too.
I love Dr. Slate. He's the most amazing therapist I've worked with. He's compassionate and listens attentively
Dr. Slate is an amazing man. He really does listen to every word you say. You can feel his empathy and his passion in his responses. He calmly breaks down exactly what is going on through factual knowledge of the brain and it’s inner workings. This helped me tremendously. The tools he has given me have helped change my life. I couldn’t recommend him enough! Thank you Dr. Slate.
Awesome counsellor
Great doctor!
I've gone through several therapists over the years. Dr. Slate and I have had a few sessions so far. In those sessions he's taught me skills to watch thoughts rather than obsessively think them. While simultaneously listening to my current difficulties and giving perspective on past behaviors through anecdotal experience, acronyms, and metaphors. I feel comfortable with Dr. Slate and I look forward to working with him.
Great man to work with. Firm and has noticeably made a difference in my life in our short time together.
Dr. Slate is a gifted, thoughtful and friendly professional. Great listener. Very affirming! We all need someone to show us our strengths. He's honest and caring.
I have had two sessions of therapy with Dr. Slate and i appreciate his practical approach of reaching the root cause as quickly as possible. He is empathetic, kind and supportive. I appreciate his attention and focus to the details and prompt response.
Dr. Slate is a very kind and compassionate man who has helped me a lot-- even in our very first chat session. He has wonderful credentials and a lot of experience working with people, which is very important to me. He loves to help: he gets back to you right away and he genuinely cares. I can't recommend him more highly.
Dr Slate is very easy to talk with and provides vast amounts of knowledge
Dr Slate has an open, caring, and non judgemental approach to therapy which I am in need of.
He listens very well, and provides good feedback. I’m comfortable with telling him everything which helps me a lot
Dr Slate is GREAT!
Dr. Slate is very knowledgeable and completely understand exactly the issues I want to work on. He has a good read on people and is smart.
Great therapist! Kind, understanding and listens.
I strongly feel that that Dr. Slate is a great person that guides you in the correct steps in life. Great Teacher ..... Great Mentor,,,,,
Dr. Slate really listens and is very patient! From the first session he gave me a couple of tools to use that have helped so much. So happy that I signed up for Better Help.
Compassionate, practical and relatable.
Dr Slate is awesome. He listens and provides useful feedback. I am very proud and honor to have him as my Counselor/therapist
Dr. Slate is very understanding, patient, compassionate and knowledgeable. He always answers promptly and regularly checks in on me. He gave me several tools to deal with my issues. I would highly recommend him if you’re looking for a great therapist.
I think dr slate is my best psychiatrist yet, i feel like for the first time someone really understands me and im doing actually progress, everything he talkd to me about or shares with me fits for me and everything he showed me sofar seemd to match up every time. Im very happy i found John and am very highly to recommend him.
Easy to become comfortable with. Knowledgeable and relatable.
Dr Slate is extremely patient, kind and considerate, and he could accurately pinpoint my concerns and deepest struggles with minimal probing. He has asked many helpful questions, given clear direction and good guidance, that has helped me to not only push forward in my own journey, but has also enabled me to discover my own worth and value. I am eternally grateful for his help and would recommend this approachable, empathic and compassionate professional to anyone who feels chronically misunderstood, unheard or unseen in the difficulties that they are facing.
Frequently asked questions
Does Dr. John Slate offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Dr. John Slate works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Dr. John Slate speak?
Dr. John Slate speaks English.
How many years of experience does Dr. John Slate have?
Dr. John Slate has 45 years of experience.
Where is Dr. John Slate licensed to practice?
Dr. John Slate is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Tennessee.
Does Dr. John Slate accept clients outside of the United States?
Yes, Dr. John Slate accepts clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Dr. John Slate offer?
Dr. John Slate offers clients Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Dr. John Slate?
Dr. John Slate can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Dr. John Slate?
Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.
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