Monique Goodson-Johnson, LCMHC

Monique Goodson-Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She brings 17 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, grief, and other life challenges. Monique aims to create an open, honest, and empathetic space where people feel heard and respected.

Her approach centers on listening first and then tailoring practical strategies to each person’s needs. She uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to the individual. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change patterns that make life harder.

Monique works with concerns that include mood disorders, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, ADHD, body image, codependency, and grief. She also supports people facing relationship and communication problems, blended family issues, abandonment or adoption-related concerns, and the aftermath of separation or divorce.

She describes her style as multicultural and nonjudgmental and seeks to empower people to make manageable changes. Sessions may include problem-solving, skill building, mindfulness practices, or work on emotional connection depending on the situation.

To begin, people follow the site's intake steps to match and schedule. The counselor frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on small, steady steps toward more balanced daily life.

How her approaches translate to online work

Monique combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral work and emotionally focused ideas to help people change patterns and strengthen connections. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes taking the person's goals and pace seriously and provides a space to be heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical skills for mood, anxiety, and addiction-related struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment patterns to improve how people relate in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. This may mean trying CBT tools for managing cravings or using client-centered listening and EFT ideas to address relationship patterns.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Talk with the therapist during the intake to decide how to structure sessions so they work with everyday obligations and personal routines.