Taij Johnson
Thoughtful, practical counseling for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Taij
Taij Johnson is a licensed counselor who uses a client-centered approach to guide people through difficult moments. He holds the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) credentials and brings seven years of hands-on experience to his practice. He speaks plain language and focuses on practical steps that families and individuals can use day to day.
Taij draws on methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to address stress, anxiety, and depression.
Background and approach
He also works with concerns like trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. He pays attention to how life transitions and career stress affect overall well-being. Earlier roles included work as a personal care worker in group home and assisted living settings, and as a high-risk intervention technician in schools.
He later worked in Protective Services before earning a master’s degree in counseling and his clinical licenses. Those varied roles inform his practical, down-to-earth style. In sessions he focuses on meeting people where they are and identifying concrete next steps.
Techniques may include changing unhelpful thinking patterns, building mindful coping habits, or re-framing difficult personal stories. The overall aim is to reduce immediate distress and make steady progress toward clearer goals. Taij practices from North Carolina and conducts sessions in English.
He accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, clients follow a short matching process and schedule according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Taij commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy when working online. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and helping the person set the agenda, which is useful for people feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to begin. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful habits.He also uses mindfulness techniques to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness exercises can help with stress, sleep problems, and emotional ups and downs by grounding attention in the present moment. These approaches are explained in plain terms and adapted to a person's daily routine during sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to try methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan based on what proves most helpful. Clients play an active role in choosing and shaping their care.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue support while traveling or living abroad. They also allow for brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and flexible ways to stay connected during times of change.
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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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