About Charlie
Charlie Johnson offers calm, practical support for adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, mood struggles, and relationship pain. He helps people who are coping with trauma, grief, parenting pressures, or major life changes. Charlie keeps language simple and sessions focused on what matters most to each person.
He has 11 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW. Before independent practice, Charlie worked in public-sector social work settings, including Drug Court and Juvenile Courts.
How Charlie works
That background shaped his direct, action-oriented style and his comfort with complex or overlapping issues. In sessions he draws on several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - is used to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT - helps with emotional regulation and practical coping skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - supports values-focused change and managing distress. He also uses attachment-based and client-centered methods when helpful.
Charlie works with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, addiction, depression, bipolar mood concerns, eating and sleeping problems, intimacy and communication issues, chronic illness, and parenting strain. He also addresses less common areas such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, and coping after disasters. Sessions are available in multiple online formats.
Charlie aims to create straightforward goals and teach skills people can use between sessions. He focuses on small, steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Charlie lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Charlie works with
The areas below are the ones Charlie 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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
How specific approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It supports taking actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and certain eating concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT - teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication. It is useful when emotions feel intense or when people want concrete tools for managing anger, impulsivity, or relationship struggles.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, challenges, and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. This collaborative process means approaches can be mixed and adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match practical needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and learning new skills, phone calls require less bandwidth, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging allows short updates or coaching between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to keep consistent appointments.
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A practical next step
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