About Maggie
Maggie Johnson helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, bipolar mood changes, addiction, trauma, anger, and relationship or family problems. She uses straightforward talk and practical skills to help people manage symptoms and make clearer choices in daily life. Maggie is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - with nine years of clinical experience in Minnesota.
Maggie favors a down-to-earth, collaborative style. She listens first to understand what matters most, then works with each person to set small, achievable goals.
How Maggie works
Sessions often mix skill practice for immediate relief with conversations about patterns that keep problems coming back. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses client-centered techniques to keep the focus on each person’s values and lived experience.
Mindfulness practices are introduced when calming the body and focusing attention can help a situation feel less overwhelming. Maggie also brings elements of motivational interviewing to support people facing substance use or other behaviors they want to change. Narrative therapy tools are used when rethinking difficult life stories helps open new choices.
People meet Maggie for short-term problem solving or longer work on deeper issues. Sessions aim to be practical and relevant to everyday life, whether the focus is sleep, parenting stress, grief, career transitions, or coping with chronic problems. She works in Minnesota and speaks English.
Maggie lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Maggie works with
The areas below are the ones Maggie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- 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)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Approaches for online therapeutic work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following each person's priorities. The therapist offers empathy, reflection, and support while people decide the direction of their work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with practical strategies to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change behaviors. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that help reduce reactivity and increase calm in stressful moments.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that match each person's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can shift over time as goals change, and the plan is revisited together so people can see what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can fit a break or be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, or an alternative to longer conversations. These options can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life and support ongoing progress from wherever a person is located.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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