John Alilovich, LMFT

John Alilovich is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with 40 years of clinical experience. He has worked extensively with relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, substance issues, parenting matters, and LGBTQ clients. John also lists blended family issues among his focus areas.

He spent more than fifteen years in county mental health services working with children and families. During that period he focused on substance addiction, domestic violence, relationship problems, various forms of abuse, and parenting challenges. He has maintained a private practice alongside that public work for decades.

John’s approach begins by treating the client as the expert on their life. He builds practical goals together with each person and looks for solutions that fit day-to-day realities. He uses several therapeutic methods in session and selects approaches based on what a person needs and prefers.

In sessions he relies on tools from cognitive behavioral work, emotion-focused ideas, and mindfulness to help people manage feelings and make concrete changes. He also draws on attachment-informed thinking to look at patterns that influence relationships and family life. His focus areas include anger, grief, addiction, anxiety, parenting, and issues that arise when households merge.

People who come for help can expect straightforward conversation about goals and options. John emphasizes collaboration, practical skills, and steady support while people work through life changes and relationship strains.