About Woodruff
Dr. Woodruff Johnson is a California psychologist with 26 years of experience. He helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and major life changes.
He uses straightforward, compassionate conversation to help people sort out difficult feelings and find steps forward. He focuses on practical work that targets stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and issues tied to identity. His background includes supporting people facing caregiving burdens, first responder stress, and the emotional fallout from illness or disaster.
How Woodruff works
He also addresses mood disorders, addictions, and challenges like low self-esteem and anger. His style draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered care. That means he pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns and listens closely to each person’s experience.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices are used to help people change unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits. Sessions often include techniques to manage panic, reduce avoidance, and rebuild trust in relationships. Hypnotherapy may be offered as another tool for working with trauma, habit change, or deep relaxation.
He aims to combine practical strategies with steady, empathic support. Dr. Johnson works in English and holds the credential CA Psychologist 27260.
People come to him to make sense of complicated emotions, regain stability after loss or upheaval, and develop clearer goals for the future.
Woodruff lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Woodruff works with
The areas below are the ones Woodruff selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current emotions and behaviors, helping people understand connection, trust, and intimacy issues. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist follows the person's lead and helps them find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with practical exercises to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve coping.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can be helpful for quick check-ins or brief coaching moments. This range helps people keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel and supports steady progress over time.
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