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Online therapist

Alicia Johnson

Practical, relational therapy for families and parents

Credentials
LMFT
Experience
5 years
Licensed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Alicia

Alicia Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in South Carolina. She brings a warm, client-centered style to sessions and focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside relationship and personal struggles. Her approach is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at helping parents and partners find workable changes for daily life.

Her background includes a BS in Psychology and an MA in Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Counseling.

Background and approach

Alicia has about five years of professional experience as an LMFT. She balances clinical work with family life and draws on real-world parenting experience when talking through challenges with clients. Alicia uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how relationships affect feelings and behavior.

She also borrows techniques from cognitive behavioral work to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Emotionally focused methods guide conversations about closeness and repair in relationships. In session she tends to be curious, compassionate, and practical.

She often offers simple tools or small experiments to try between meetings. Conversations are paced to meet people where they are, not to force rapid change. Parents and partners who want straightforward help with communication, blended family issues, parenting stress, or the fallout from past hurts may find her style useful.

Alicia aims to help people reduce overwhelm, improve connection, and make clearer choices about their next steps.

Approaches that guide online family and relationship work

Alicia draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and behavior. This approach helps when trust, closeness, or repeated conflict are getting in the way of connection.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and meeting people where they are. That means the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities rather than imposing a fixed plan.

Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new responses. These tools are practical and often helpful for stress, anxiety, and problem-solving around daily parenting or relationship tasks.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the work. Alicia treats the process as collaborative and will help figure out which methods fit a client's needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is actually helping.

Online therapy allows the same therapeutic approaches to be used through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, try short check-ins, or use written checklists and exercises between meetings. The variety of formats supports flexibility and ongoing connection with a licensed professional regardless of where someone is located.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What types of concerns does she address?
Alicia works with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting issues, self esteem, depression, family and trauma and abuse. She also focuses on grief, intimacy issues, career changes, compassion fatigue, and related concerns like attachment and blended family problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and relational with a process-oriented focus. She aims to be understanding and curious while offering practical tools and experiments to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has about five years of experience working as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. That experience includes independent practice work alongside parenting and family life.
Where is her license and practice based?
She holds a South Carolina Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential listed as SC LMFT 7041 and is located in South Carolina.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy sessions.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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