Chris Johns , LPC

Chris Johns is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Alabama with 27 years of clinical experience. He specializes in helping individuals navigate stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and depressive symptoms, offering steady, experience-informed guidance throughout the therapeutic process.

Drawing on an integrative set of approaches that includes client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused strategies, he helps clients identify realistic goals and build practical skills to manage thoughts, emotions, and interactions. His work emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person’s unique story, creating space for reflection, skill-building, and gradual change.

In addition to core specialties, Chris has extensive experience addressing areas such as attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and blended family dynamics. He aims to meet each situation with patience and clarity, tailoring interventions to the needs of the individual or couple.

Across his career, Chris has been committed to offering a warm, nonjudgmental environment where people can explore difficult feelings, process past wounds, and strengthen coping strategies for daily life. He focuses on pragmatic tools and compassionate support to foster resilience and forward movement.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Chris Johns

Chris integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and trauma-focused therapy into his online practice. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, helping clients explore their feelings and values while the therapist follows their lead to support self-directed growth. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to distress and teaching concrete skills to reframe thinking and manage symptoms effectively. Trauma-focused therapy addresses the emotional and physiological effects of traumatic experiences through targeted interventions that promote safety, processing, and recovery.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Chris works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time to reflect progress and changing priorities.

Online therapy with Chris offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it possible to connect from different locations and schedules while maintaining continuity of care, allowing clients to choose the format that best supports their comfort and consistency.