Jessica Johnson
I’m Jessica Johnson, an independently licensed therapist for both mental health and substance use for over a decade. I believe everyone deserves grace for where they are and support to grow to where they want to be.
I believe everyone deserves grace for where they are and support toward where they are growing. Let's do this together!
I can help you untangle difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences to improve your well-being, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing techniques, and more. As a solution-focused therapist, I will encourage you to embrace ideas and opportunities and will provide a trusting environment as you do so. I support a harm-reduction approach for substance use disorder, understanding that growth is incremental and not everyone is ready for complete abstinence. Taking care of yourself is important and you don't have to do it alone.
First session
Sometimes we find ourselves stuck, hurting, or simply need something to change. You don’t have to navigate those moments alone. Reaching out for therapy can feel vulnerable. You may not know exactly what to say, where to start, or even whether therapy is right for you. That’s okay. Our client-counselor relationship is critical as a foundation and my strengths in empathy, authenticity, and respect will support us as we begin working together. In our first session together, I hope to understand what brought you to therapy, identify and settle on initial goals, and answer questions you may have. I ask for your honesty and transparency so we can be most effective as we begin our time together.
Strengths
Our client-counselor relationship is foundational. My strengths in empathy, authenticity, and respect will support us as we begin working together. As a solution-focused therapist, I will encourage you in embracing the best path forward and provide a trusting environment as you do so.
Ideal clients
As an LPCC and LICDC, I serve all mental health and substance use diagnoses, but am best suited to serve adult clients with anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, relationship stressors, work-life-balance concerns, and difficulties navigating life events. Clients will need to be interested in engaging in therapy, willing to develop and work toward goals, and be respectful of our time together.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is a foundational therapy I use with most clients. I believe strongly that our thoughts often contribute to our behaviors. If we find ways to improve our thinking, our emotions and behaviors will improve as well. Therapy is a great place to untangle difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences, identify new opportunities, and try them in bite-size moments.
Motivational Interviewing
Change can be scary, but growth doesn't mean you have to change who you are as a person. Motivational Interviewing supports meeting every client where they are motivationally, identifying, exploring, and resolving hesitancies to change or growth.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- OhioLicense E.1901211