Valarie Johnson , LICSW

Valarie Johnson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 30 years of experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. She has worked in varied settings and with diverse concerns, including anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma, family of origin issues, life transitions, and cross-cultural adjustment. Her practice also includes work with grief, addictions, relationship difficulties, parenting concerns, and issues related to self-esteem and compassion fatigue.

Her counseling style is generally experienced as kind but direct; she combines support for individual choices with careful challenges that help clients move forward. Valarie draws on an integrative blend of cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and psychodynamic approaches, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs and goals. She can offer Christian-based counseling when that aligns with a client’s preferences while respecting whatever background and values a person brings to therapy.

Valarie values witnessing personal growth and helping people develop practical tools for coping and change. She adapts modalities as needed and collaborates with clients to identify the strategies that are most helpful for achieving their goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Valarie integrates client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to address practical concerns and deeper personal patterns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and a nonjudgmental stance, creating space for clients to explore values, life purpose, and relationship dynamics while building self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing concrete skills to manage anxiety, depression, stress, and coping difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Valarie works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and to adapt techniques from different models so the plan fits the individual’s situation and values. This collaborative tailoring helps ensure therapy feels relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to access care from home or between responsibilities. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into busy schedules, and connect with licensed professionals who can support recovery and growth regardless of routine constraints.