Karen Johnson, LMHC

Karen Johnson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida. She has 15 years of experience supporting people who face stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on trauma and helps clients who struggle with self-esteem, motivation, compassion fatigue, and managing mood concerns like bipolar disorder.

Her style is collaborative and direct. She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals and practical steps they can try between sessions. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and other focused methods to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and build new coping skills.

Karen draws on a trauma-informed way of working when past harm affects current life. She helps people slow down, name what they’re feeling, and practice small changes that add up. Sessions aim to feel like a steady, nonjudgmental place to regroup and plan next steps.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice in Florida and ongoing professional learning. She brings a culturally aware perspective shaped by growing up in a Jamaican immigrant family and integrates that awareness into her work with diverse people.

People who choose to work with Karen can expect clear discussions about goals, practical strategies to try between visits, and attention to both immediate problems and longer-term change.

How Karen’s Approaches Work in Online Therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. The therapist helps people voice their concerns and guides conversations so clients feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. These approaches can help with anxiety, depression, addictions, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend strategies to try. That collaboration means the plan can change if something isn’t helping, and new techniques can be added over time.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Before booking, confirm which session types are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn’t needed. It also offers ways to keep continuity of care when life events make in-person visits difficult.