Dr. Annie Johansson
Practical, experienced therapy for life challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Annie
Dr. Annie Johansson begins from a long clinical path in Minnesota. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - with 14 years of experience.
Her background includes work in residential addiction settings and helping people who have faced trauma or emotional abuse. She sees many concerns often together, including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, parenting struggles, grief, anger, and attention differences such as ADHD. Dr.
Johansson also addresses attachment and family of origin issues, adoption and foster care questions, and problems with impulsivity or isolation.
Background and approach
In sessions she keeps the tone warm and straightforward. She listens closely, asks clear questions, and offers practical tools people can try between meetings. She balances support with gentle challenge to help clients move forward.
Her methods draw on cognitive behavioral therapy - CBT - to address thinking and behavior patterns, attachment-based ideas to improve important relationships, and trauma-focused approaches including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR - when past events keep causing pain. Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy also shape how she helps clients explore change and meaning.
People who reach out can expect a tailored plan based on their situation and goals. Dr. Johansson works by building a collaborative path so progress feels manageable and relevant to everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and on building safer ways to connect. Online sessions use conversation and exercises to help people notice how past bonds shape current reactions and to practice new ways of relating.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches simple skills to change unhelpful patterns. Remotely, CBT often includes structured talk, worksheets, and small homework tasks to try between sessions.
EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the ongoing impact of upsetting memories. When appropriate, parts of EMDR can be adapted for video sessions with clear guidance and pacing.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then suggest a plan and adjust it as progress is made. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit help into busy schedules, to check in between meetings, and to continue care when travel or family demands make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same structured approaches, tools, and support you would expect in traditional sessions.
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.
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.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
Next step
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