Laura Johnson, LPC

Laura Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship strain, depression, grief, and other life challenges. Her work is grounded in practical skills people can use between sessions. She combines several approaches to build a plan that fits each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her toolkit and is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take steps toward what matters. Attachment-based ideas guide work on closeness and trust in relationships. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through worries and try new coping strategies. Simple practices for sleep, eating, anger, and stress management are often part of the work. Laura also addresses parenting challenges, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems. She has experience with addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and multicultural issues. Outside of work she spends time with family and her dogs and enjoys outdoor activities like camping and riding trails. Her approach is straightforward: figure out what matters to the person, try manageable steps, and adjust as needed to help daily life feel better.

Approaches for online therapy that focus on action and connection

Laura often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors and practice small changes that reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or curb unhelpful reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is also used to clarify personal values and encourage actions that move a person toward a meaningful life even when uncomfortable emotions are present. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current closeness and trust and helps people try different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative discussion can change over time as goals shift and progress is reviewed.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and skill coaching, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates or homework between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, manage caregiving duties, or stay connected while traveling.