- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma informed methods
- Career and change
About Erica
Dr. Erica Johnson is an LISW and LICSW practicing in Pennsylvania with 10 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling stuck by addressing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Her work also touches on issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, and loneliness. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.
Dr. Johnson draws on a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people notice long-standing patterns and build practical coping skills. In sessions she commonly looks at how relationships, work, and personal history interact with current concerns. She offers straightforward strategies for managing mood symptoms, social anxiety, and trauma-related responses.
Her background includes practice as a clinical social worker and over a decade working in corporate settings helping employees with personal and career challenges. That combination informs a focus on how life transitions affect purpose and day-to-day functioning. She holds a Master of Social Work and a PhD in Organizational Behavior, and uses that perspective to address both personal and professional questions.
Dr. Johnson favors an integrative, strengths-oriented, trauma-informed approach. She uses tools from cognitive and behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior approaches, mindfulness, and compassion-focused work when they fit a person’s goals. The emphasis is on practical steps that reduce stress and improve coping.
To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Payment varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Dr. Johnson regularly uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. That work often focuses on practical steps to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change patterns that keep someone stuck.She also draws on acceptance and commitment principles which encourage noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions that align with personal values. This approach can help when someone is wrestling with life purpose or major transitions.
Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, life context, and preferences and then test approaches that fit. The process is collaborative and adjusted as progress and needs become clearer.
The biography does not specify which session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also can let people join from a quieter setting or choose not to be on camera depending on their needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include attachment issues, codependency, loneliness, and life purpose.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
Her approach is integrative and strengths-oriented, using practical skills to reduce stress and notice patterns. She mixes cognitive, acceptance, behavioral, mindfulness, and compassion-focused techniques to fit each person's goals.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 10 years of clinical experience and also more than a decade working in corporate settings on employee personal and career concerns. She holds a Master of Social Work and a PhD in Organizational Behavior.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is an LISW and an LICSW, licensed in Ohio as OH LISW and in Alabama as AL LICSW, and practices from Pennsylvania. Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with people who live outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered in English for people within the supported region.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking to know whether video or phone sessions are offered.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription billing model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session through the provided flow.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.