Alicia Johnson LMFT

Being a trauma-informed therapist is one of my favorite parts of my job and training. I have specialized training in working with trauma from years at a trauma center and continued training and webinars. My goal in working with folks who experienced trauma is to help empower clients to find what works for them!

Anxiety comes in many different forms. I have been fortunate to have clients who trust me and feel safe with me to show these different types of anxiety. I use a client centered approach where you're the expert on you and I get to use my knowledge and skills to help show some options that you can choose from.

Another belief I have is that all people have resources and strengths to keep going. We work together to find your strengths and ideals and how to work towards those goals in tangible ways! You really get to be the expert in your life and use your experiences to help guide us on the path on healing and growing.

This is how my brain works! We take into account the systems and cultures you are in and how those systems impact your beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors. This means sometimes looking at your family dynamics, work place norms, and even larger society messages. We discuss how those larger cultural norms may vary and differ from our own values and how that can lead to discomfort.

What I love about CBT is the relationship between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We can work together to find the relationships between these aspects of ourselves and find ways to change patterns. This model allows us to work together to help manage and control unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a helpful and effective way!

I am known as the Burnout Therapist on instagram! From personal experiences to professionally, I have seen how burnout impacts helpers and other modern workers to the point where people are drained and too tired to do the things they love. I have created courses and content all around this area as I have seen it more recently with people starting to challenge (yay) the dominant cultural norms of hustle culture.