About Elsie
Elsie Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of experience. She foregrounds the decision to seek help as a meaningful step and meets people where they are with clear, practical support. Her work centers on helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes.
She also addresses relationship concerns, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, addictions, trauma and abuse, and grief. Parenting, career challenges, eating concerns, and coaching needs are part of her practice as well.
How Elsie works
Elsie uses solution-focused methods alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing to find what helps each person move forward. Sessions aim to identify small, doable changes and to build on what already works. She mixes challenge and encouragement and uses humor when it's helpful.
She pays attention to communication problems, forgiveness, multicultural concerns, pregnancy and childbirth stress, and prejudice or discrimination. Those topics are woven into practical strategies rather than abstract theory. Elsie favors a collaborative style.
She helps clients set goals, test new behaviors, and track progress. The process is straightforward: notice what matters, try a change, then adjust based on results.
Elsie lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Elsie works with
The areas below are the ones Elsie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Elsie's Approaches Work Online
Elsie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small experiments that reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support change when someone feels stuck or ambivalent. This approach centers on listening, building motivation, and setting personally meaningful goals so people move at a pace that feels doable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and tailor techniques to your goals, preferences, and life situation. The plan can shift as progress is made and new needs emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversation and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines and to keep momentum between sessions.
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