Karen Johnson
Calm, practical support for parents and caregivers
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Karen
Karen Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. She also supports those dealing with addiction, compassion fatigue, grief, and major life changes.
Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps that fit daily life. Karen uses clear talk and collaborative planning to set workable goals. She focuses on skills people can use between sessions, such as coping tools and communication techniques.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, trauma-focused work, and motivational interviewing appear often in her sessions. These methods are used to reduce overwhelming thoughts, build motivation, and address painful memories. Her background includes 15 years of clinical experience and licensure in Florida as an LMHC.
She draws on trauma-informed approaches when relevant and tailors plans to each person’s situation. Sessions emphasize respect for cultural and personal values without judging beliefs or background. Conversations in her practice are practical and paced to the person’s comfort.
She encourages small steps and tracks progress in ways that feel doable. The aim is steady improvement in daily routine, relationships, and self-care. Clients can expect clear explanations of techniques and a focus on what to try between visits.
The work is collaborative - goals, timing, and tools are chosen together to fit the client’s life and priorities.
How her approaches work online and in session
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathy, and helps people clarify their own goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and patterns with concrete exercises and small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Karen will work with each person to find which approach fits best. She talks with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose a plan and try methods that feel comfortable, adjusting as needed over time in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to use tools between meetings. Working online can help people maintain continuity of care and access regular support while juggling family, work, and other commitments.
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.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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