My philosophy of care is to provide the best possible care to clients in a safe environment. I will provide a therapeutic environment and begin to build a therapist relationship with the client in order to assist them with their issues and develop the necessary skills needed to work on their mental health issues to provide them with a more stable and balanced mentality. In a therapeutic relationship, the client’s needs are the main focus and the client’s therapy is centered around their personal goals. The client should feel comfortable with their therapist and be able to trust them enough to begin building a rapport with them. This will help with the client being able to open up to the therapist and let the healing begin. Therapy  is a formal relationship between you and your therapist that helps you grow, y and heal. As a therapist, I want to assist my clients to explore some effective ways to deal with the issues that brought them to therapy and begin to make better decisions in their lives  and help them overcome the issues instead of maintaining those unhealthy relationships and issues and continuing with the maladaptive behaviors.  As a therapist, it is my job to teach the client a higher level of functioning, healing and master new healthier skills. It is also my job to help the client to learn about themselves, come up with what is important and what is not important. My job is also to take that client towards increased satisfaction in life and contentment. In the end, I want the client to get that Ah ha moment that lets them know that they can control their mental illness and not be judged because they have a mental illness.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

During our first session, we'll start with brief introductions, and getting to know the client and why they decided to choose therapy at this time. I will then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

Having worked with individuals for the past 20 years, I have developed the skills necessary to allow the client to see and understand the core issues that they are suffering from and how to assist the client in understanding and gain control of their mental health. This will look different for each client, because counseling/therapy is not cookie cutter. Once the client and I identify the root cause of your challenges and (b) create a tailored plan that leads to measurable progress.

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

I love helping individuals that are new to counseling. I like to meet clients where they are at and help them find out what is wrong, and how we can work together to make their lives better and more productive.

About Angela Johnson

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