Sarah Johnson
Kind, practical support for life changes
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Sarah
Sarah Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Mississippi with six years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, and career concerns. Parents reading this will see parenting listed among her areas of focus, along with relationship concerns and coping with life changes.
She aims to make sessions calm and approachable so people feel comfortable talking about hard things. Her style is warm and down-to-earth.
Background and approach
She creates space for honest conversation and treats people with respect. Sessions are adapted to each person rather than following a fixed script. That means Sarah uses tools that match the problem and the person in front of her.
She draws on practical methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy, and she also uses solution-focused and motivational interviewing techniques when helpful. Trauma-focused approaches are used with people who need help processing traumatic experiences. These methods are used to help set goals, change unhelpful thinking, and build coping skills.
Sarah has worked with a variety of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, body image, and domestic violence. She also supports people facing divorce, commitment questions, and communication problems. Her aim is to tailor a plan that fits each person’s needs and goals.
People who choose to work with her can expect a respectful, collaborative relationship where practical steps and steady support go together.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Sarah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on practical steps and skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address stress. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person’s experience; the therapist listens closely, reflects feelings, and helps clients find their own solutions. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to help people find and strengthen their personal motivation for change.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sarah works with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions may blend techniques and shift over time as needs change, and she discusses the plan openly so clients know why certain tools are being used.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people work on goals from home or another convenient place. The range of formats also allows for shorter check-ins or longer conversations depending on what a client needs and prefers.
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
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
Next step
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