Shanekka Brown-Johnson, LMFT

Shanekka Brown-Johnson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady support for parents and adults looking for real tools and gentle direction. Her style aims to make sessions feel practical and focused on small steps forward.

With 14 years of experience, Shanekka has worked in residential mental health, substance abuse treatment, schools, shelters, and outpatient settings. That background shaped a flexible approach that fits different life situations. She pays attention to cultural context and learns from each person's story.

Shanekka uses a mix of methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered work to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build healthier routines. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Motivational Interviewing when emotional regulation or motivation is a focus. Sessions aim to teach skills, practice them, and check what’s working between meetings.

She often addresses issues like panic attacks, mood disorders, feelings of shame or isolation, family-of-origin concerns, caregiver stress, and adoption or foster care impacts. Shanekka helps people clarify values, set small goals, and rebuild trust in themselves after loss or betrayal.

Her approach is collaborative - she listens first, then suggests practical techniques a person can try. People who want direct feedback, clear strategies, and steady encouragement may find her way of working helpful.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Shanekka commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to change how someone feels. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. ACT emphasizes clarifying values and accepting difficult feelings while taking action toward a meaningful life, which fits transitions, grief, and identity concerns.

She approaches choice of method as a joint decision. The therapist listens to a person’s goals and daily challenges, then suggests one or a mix of approaches. Together they try techniques and adjust based on what helps most, so the plan can change as progress is made.

Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face work and skills practice, phone is useful when bandwidth or multitasking is an issue, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and try methods in everyday settings.