Sandra Johnson, LMFT, LPC

Sandra Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 22 years of clinical experience. She takes a straightforward, practical approach to care and helps people untangle the problems that get in the way of daily life. Sandra works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and addictions. She frames therapy around how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. That means sessions often focus on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and learning different coping choices. Sandra draws from several approaches so she can match strategies to each person's situation. Many people come for help with relationships, parenting struggles, or family problems. Sandra also supports people dealing with trauma, abuse, anger, compulsions, and mood challenges like bipolar disorder. She pays attention to attachment, body image, impulsivity, and issues common in young adults. Sessions include both short-term problem solving and longer work on emotional patterns. Mindfulness skills and practical behavior changes are used alongside thinking-focused strategies. The goal is to build tools that fit real life and help people act differently when stress rises. Sandra sees therapy as a collaborative process. She helps clients set clear goals, tracks progress, and adjusts the approach as needed. People who want a direct, experienced clinician to help them work through life transitions and persistent problems may find this style helpful.

How Sandra’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental working relationship so people can talk through what matters most. It helps with feelings of isolation, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns by emphasizing understanding and the client's own goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, and managing mood swings.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These tools are useful for intense emotions, impulsivity, and improving how people handle conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sandra will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to emphasize based on their goals and day-to-day challenges. That choice can shift as progress is made and new needs emerge.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also supports using between-session tools like worksheets, mindfulness practice, and skills coaching to reinforce what is covered in sessions.