About Taij
Taij Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. He brings seven years of experience supporting people through anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and identity concerns. He takes a direct, compassionate approach and focuses on what matters most to each person.
He draws on client-centered care to create a respectful space where the person leads the pace. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness techniques to help people notice patterns, change unhelpful thinking, and build everyday skills.
How Taij works
Motivational Interviewing and Narrative Therapy are part of his toolkit for shifting motivation and making sense of life stories. Earlier roles included hands-on support in group homes and assisted living, school-based intervention work, and Protective Services social work. Those settings shaped his focus on practical help and clear goals.
This background gives him experience with chronic illness, caregiving stress, and grief as well as behavioral and mood concerns. Taij works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, LGBT issues, parenting and blended family stress, body image and eating difficulties, sleep problems, anger, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
He also addresses career, life transitions, and coping with serious illness. Sessions combine listening, skill-building, and short-term strategies alongside deeper work on life stories and attachment. People can expect collaboration on goals, straightforward explanations of methods, and options that fit everyday life.
Taij lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Taij works with
The areas below are the ones Taij selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Taij often combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support people in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and meeting people where they are, which helps build trust and clear goals over video or message. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers concrete exercises people can use between sessions to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans based on what is helpful. This lets the person shape the pace and focus of work while the clinician offers tools and structure.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and to use techniques in real time.
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