About Catherine
Catherine Johnston uses practical talk therapy approaches to help people facing stress and major life changes. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 21 years of experience in Michigan. She focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions.
Her work often addresses anxiety, depression, and problems with drug and alcohol use. She also helps people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related struggles. Relationship problems, self-esteem, parenting concerns, and career stress are common topics in her meetings.
How Catherine works
Catherine draws on techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions grounded and practical. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and choose workable changes. Sessions tend to focus on skills people can practice in daily life.
Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone and straightforward conversation about goals and next steps. Catherine aims to help people build coping strategies and reconnect with their strengths. She supports people through transitions such as divorce, caregiving stress, and workplace burnout.
Her additional experience includes working with issues like codependency, communication problems, domestic violence, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses aging and geriatric concerns, first responder stress, and challenges tied to blended families. Her practice emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Catherine lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Catherine works with
The areas below are the ones Catherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Catherine commonly blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then commit to actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood and to address patterns around substance use.She treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods feel most useful given current goals, symptoms, and daily routines. Goals and techniques are revisited over time so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is helpful for in-depth work and skill practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging work for brief check-ins and coaching-style support. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on the steps people can use between meetings.
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