About Alexis
Alexis Johnson is a licensed social worker who uses practical, down-to-earth methods to help people through hard times. She has 14 years of experience and aims to make coping feel manageable and straightforward for those who reach out. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addiction recovery, anger, and low self-esteem.
Alexis also helps with grief, sleeping problems, intimacy concerns, career questions, and major life changes. She addresses communication problems, divorce and separation, and issues connected to infidelity and jealousy.
How Alexis works
Her work draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Alexis uses these approaches to help people notice unhelpful patterns, change small behaviors, and clarify what matters most to them. She also brings Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques when people want concrete steps forward.
Sessions are collaborative and grounded in real goals. She helps people build coping skills, set achievable steps, and practice new ways of handling stress and cravings. Conversations are practical and focused on what a person can try between sessions.
Alexis practices in Michigan as an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker. She offers services in English and does not accept international clients. People connect by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling appointments as offered by the therapist.
Alexis lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Alexis works with
The areas below are the ones Alexis selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that move a person toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the person’s lead and reflects what they say to build understanding.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust the plan together. That collaborative process helps decide whether ACT, CBT, Client-Centered methods, or a mix will be most useful.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls allow more face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be useful when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between meetings. These options give flexibility for scheduling, brief check-ins, and continuing work when in-person visits are not convenient.
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