Allison Johnston

Allison Johnston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with 10 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, career doubts, and life changes, including people exploring life purpose. Allison also supports concerns such as ADHD, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, and parenting stress.

Her background includes work in adolescent and young adult outpatient counseling and work with people involved in the criminal justice system. Her education covered corrections, substance abuse, career counseling, and child and adolescent topics. That mix informs how she notices practical patterns in thinking and behavior.

Allison uses a client-centered approach alongside cognitive behavioral therapy. In practice that means she focuses on what matters to the individual and helps them test and shift unhelpful thought patterns. Sessions often include clear, concrete steps for problem solving and managing symptoms.

She also draws on narrative and mindfulness methods to help people rewrite limiting stories and practice attention skills that reduce reactivity. EMDR is listed among her approaches and may inform work with trauma-related memories when appropriate.

Allison aims to build a collaborative working relationship. She asks direct questions, helps set short-term goals, and checks progress along the way. To get started, prospective clients use the site matching tool to pick a session and schedule a first appointment.

How Allison’s approaches work in online sessions

Allison commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in her practice. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping the sessions around what the client says matters most. It helps people clarify priorities and feel heard. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses specific exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve decision making.

She also lists EMDR among her approaches for trauma-related memories. EMDR involves guided eye movements or bilateral stimulation while revisiting distressing memories to reduce their intensity; it is typically used when trauma memories are a core problem.

Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. Allison will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. She checks progress and adapts approaches so sessions reflect the person’s needs and preferences.

The therapist’s biography did not specify which online session formats are offered. Before booking, confirm the available formats through the site matching tool. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time, which can help maintain consistency during times of change.