About Johanna
Johanna Harris is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on creating a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate space for people who are ready to talk about change. Johanna emphasizes practical, tailored conversations that meet each person's situation and goals.
She helps people cope with stress and anxiety and works with those facing addictions or depression. She also addresses relationship concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping and eating problems, and challenges with self-esteem and anger.
How Johanna works
Johanna supports people managing life transitions, career questions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue. Her practice includes attention to multicultural issues, LGBT matters, adoption and foster care topics, aging and geriatric concerns, and veteran-related issues. She also works with a wide range of personality and behavioral concerns such as obsessive-compulsive patterns, phobias, paranoia, and other personality disorder themes.
Johanna aims to tailor the therapeutic plan to each person. Conversations are direct but kind, and she helps clients set realistic steps they can try between sessions. The focus is on practical tools and clearer thinking, not on jargon.
Starting therapy is a process she recognizes as courageous. Johanna guides people through the initial steps and helps them build a pace that fits their life and goals.
What Johanna works with
The areas below are the ones Johanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Johanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear steps and measurable change. One common approach emphasizes practical coping skills and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety and manage stress; these methods teach small, repeatable actions people can use day to day. Another frequent focus is on emotion-focused work that helps people name and understand difficult feelings, which can be useful for grief, relationship strain, or intimacy concerns.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Johanna will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and past experiences and together decide which techniques to try. She adjusts the plan as progress or new challenges appear, so the work stays relevant and manageable.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when looking for deeper interaction. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, quick coping reminders, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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