Preston Johnson, LPC

Preston Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 16 years of licensed experience in mental health. He combines years of practice with a straightforward, empathetic style. He aims to make therapy practical and understandable for people feeling overwhelmed.

Preston trained in psychology as an undergraduate and studied community counseling in graduate school. His work spans inpatient and outpatient care, acute settings, K-12 school programs, and adult counseling across varied mental health services. That background gives him a wide view of how stress, grief, trauma, and mood concerns can affect day-to-day life.

In sessions he uses a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work. He also draws on mindfulness and solution-focused techniques when they fit a person's goals. Sessions focus on clear skills, small experiments, and realistic steps toward change.

People come to him for many concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, anger, parenting stress, addiction, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and coping with life changes. He speaks plainly about what’s happening and offers concrete tools to try between sessions.

Preston brings a warm, honest manner to the work and values tactful honesty, positivity, and sometimes humor. He encourages those who are ready to invest in change to take the next step and begin a plan for growth and healing.

How these approaches work online

Preston uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depressive patterns through clear, step-by-step exercises. Client-centered work focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping the person guide their own goals, which supports self-esteem and motivation. Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing exercises that reduce stress and improve moment-to-moment coping.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try approaches together and adjust based on what helps. This collaborative way keeps the work practical and tailored to each person’s needs.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face when schedules allow, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between conversations. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try tools in real time.