About Frankye
Frankye Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed marriage and family therapist in Indiana with 40 years of practice. She focuses on helping adults who are ready to make changes in their lives. Her approach is direct and compassionate, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Johnson works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She also helps people facing relationship strain, grief, career transitions, and compassion fatigue.
How Frankye works
Her background includes long experience addressing both immediate problems and longer-term life shifts. In sessions she creates a nonjudgmental space for talking through feelings and options. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and follow each person’s priorities.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when slowing down unhelpful thoughts or building new habits will move someone forward. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find the inner reasons to change, and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, practical steps that lead to progress. These methods are practical and goal-oriented while keeping the client’s values in view.
Frankye welcomes adults who want clear, straightforward help navigating midlife shifts, caregiving strain, issues tied to identity and discrimination, or the aftermath of loss. She prefers working with people prepared to engage in the work needed to reach their goals.
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What Frankye works with
The areas below are the ones Frankye selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person. The therapist uses this approach to build trust, help people name their priorities, and support self-directed growth.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps when changing unhelpful thought patterns or habits is needed to reduce anxiety or depression and to improve daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, live chat supports shorter exchanges, and text messaging lets people reflect and respond on their own time. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical steps and real progress.
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