Catherine Johnston , LPC

Catherine Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 21 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping adults who feel stuck by offering clear, practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns.

She helps people work through grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Catherine also supports those coping with career changes, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns like anger, eating struggles, and family problems in straightforward terms.

In sessions she uses approaches that encourage direct skill building and self-awareness. Clients learn tools for managing difficult thoughts and emotions, and for making choices that match their values. Conversations focus on practical steps that can be tried between meetings.

Catherine aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental setting where people can talk about painful experiences and develop stronger coping habits. She blends active listening with strategies that break unhelpful patterns and build resilience. The goal is steady, manageable change rather than quick fixes.

Her work often combines mindfulness, values-based action, and focused problem-solving to help people regain balance. Catherine welcomes adults who want steady guidance while navigating life changes or healing from past wounds.

Online approaches that match your life and goals

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters most to them, and take small steps toward those values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and making life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and building a trusting relationship so people can explore emotions and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Catherine will talk with each person about what they want to change and which methods feel most useful. Together they will try practical tools, check what helps, and adjust the plan over time in a collaborative way.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules. Video calls let people work face to face from home; phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter exchanges, quick check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent during busy weeks or life transitions.