Sarah Johnson , LCSW

Sarah Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Mississippi. She has six years of experience helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life transitions. Her approach is calm and welcoming, and she works to make sessions feel like a place to talk honestly without judgment.

She focuses on common concerns that affect daily life, including relationship stress, parenting challenges, self-esteem, anger, career questions, and trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, body image, caregiver stress, and divorce or separation. LGBT concerns are included among her focus areas.

Sarah blends several practical methods in therapy. She uses client-centered work to follow each person’s goals, cognitive behavioral techniques to gently shift thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused strategies to set short-term, achievable steps. Trauma-focused approaches are available when past events are central to the current problem.

Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and paced to match what feels manageable. The tone is respectful and collaborative, with problem-solving and skills practice woven into conversation. Sarah emphasizes small changes that add up over time.

People often seek her help when life feels stuck, emotions feel overwhelming, or transitions create repeated conflict. Her background in social work brings attention to practical resources and real-life pressures that affect mental well-being.

How her approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s goals. The therapist offers a nonjudgmental space and helps people clarify what they want to change and why. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety or lift mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, comfort level, and the problems at hand. That decision is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging offer short check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.