Elizabeth Johnson , LCSW

Elizabeth Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 22 years of experience working in Wisconsin. She focuses on helping adults manage anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and the stress that comes with major life changes. Elizabeth has a particular interest in women's issues and supports adult survivors of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and domestic violence.

She prefers straightforward conversation and practical steps. Sessions often start by identifying what feels hardest right now and what small changes might help. She helps people build self-confidence, manage mood symptoms, and find clearer directions during transitions like divorce, career shifts, or caregiving changes.

Elizabeth draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different behaviors. She also uses client-centered and emotionally-focused methods to deepen understanding of feelings and relationship patterns.

Clients can expect a collaborative process where their experience leads the work. Elizabeth treats people as the experts in their own lives while offering skills, reflection, and encouragement. She emphasizes resilience and small, achievable steps toward a more satisfying life.

Her work also covers concerns such as grief, anger, bipolar mood challenges, caregiving stress, codependency, attachment issues, and communication problems. Elizabeth aims to offer practical tools alongside compassionate listening to help people move forward.

How her approaches translate to online work

Elizabeth commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in-session. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that align with those values while accepting difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and the stress of life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for mood symptoms, anxiety, and ADHD-related challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work she does with each person. She collaborates with clients to decide which methods feel most useful, adapting techniques to their goals and preferences rather than following a single script. That way the plan can shift as progress is made or new needs appear.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different circumstances. Video is helpful for longer conversations and skills work, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be good for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a routine and keep momentum between meetings.