About Karl
Karl Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience. He practices in Michigan and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship strain, and major life transitions. He encourages practical steps toward change and supports clients who want clearer direction and better day-to-day coping.
Johnson describes his style as collaborative and interactive. Sessions focus on the person in front of him, not a fixed protocol. He adjusts pacing and techniques to match each client's goals and life situation.
How Karl works
Conversations aim to be straightforward and grounded in everyday problems. He draws from several approaches, including cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment perspectives, and emotionally focused work. That mix allows him to address patterns of thinking, painful emotions, and relational dynamics.
Techniques can include values-based goals, skill practice, reflection on relationship patterns, and targeted behavior changes. Clients often come for help with self-esteem, coping with change, grief, intimacy issues, sleep or eating concerns, career strain, and compassion fatigue. He also supports people navigating chronic health challenges, codependency, and complex mood concerns.
Sessions typically move between talking, real-world exercises, and check-ins on progress. Choosing to begin therapy is a practical step, and Johnson aims to make the process manageable. He works with each person to create a plan that fits their schedule and goals.
The initial stages focus on clarifying values, immediate coping tools, and small steps toward lasting change.
Karl lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Karl works with
The areas below are the ones Karl 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors through practical exercises and homework. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and communication, and it can be useful when relationship patterns or intimacy issues are central concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit the client's goals and comfort level. Together they decide whether to emphasize values-based work, skill practice, or relational exploration, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises that benefit from seeing each other. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text messaging allow for quick check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around daily life and to use different formats for different needs.
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